Governor Maximiliano Pullaro put into operation the new detachment of the Ecological Police, which now operates at the “La Esmeralda” Fauna Rescue, Protection and Conservation Center, in the northern area of the city of Santa Fe.
This Ecological Section, dependent on Regional Unit I (URI) of the Provincial Police, is made up of 27 personnel who carry out various interventions in the city and surrounding areas, with the aim of improving coordination and operation for protection and conservation, such as also generate better coordination with Fauna management.
This Ecological Section, dependent on Regional Unit I (URI) of the Provincial Police. Credits: Flavio Raina
“This has to do with the care of our environment, our animals, and for that we apply a public policy that allows coordinated actions to be carried out between the different ministries,” said the governor during the presentation.
“The creation and implementation of the Ecological Police has the importance of having a specialized Police with this perspective, who works in the care and rescue of animals. But to allocate police resources there are things that have to work in a system that was unfortunately neglected. I congratulate and thank the bosses for all the effort they have put into moving the URI forward.” However, “we are on a path that is managing to organize the issues, and that is why we can begin to take a broader view and allocate police resources, as in this case, to a specialized police force.”
This Ecological Section is made up of 27 personnel who carry out various interventions in the city and surrounding areas. Credits: Flavio Raina
Finally, Pullaro added that “La Esmeralda is going to transform. We have a very important project, we are going to invest a lot of resources here and we hope it will once again be the place that so many remember. There is the decision, and there is the project for La Esmeralda to once again become a place where all Santa Fe men and women can live it again and feel the pride of what this once was.”
The mayor of Santa Fe, Juan Pablo Poletti, also participated in the event; the Ministers of Justice and Security, Pablo Cococcioni; and Environment and Climate Change, Enrique Estévez; the president of the Chamber of Deputies of the province, Clara García; the provincial deputy José Corral; the Secretary of Institutional Management, Virginia Coudannes; the Undersecretary of Public Security, Roque De Lima; and councilors. Meanwhile, representing the Provincial Police were the chief, Luis Maldonado; the deputy chief, Daniel Filchel; the head of the URI, Margarita Romero; the head of the Corps Group, Matías Retamoso; and the head of the Ecological Police Department – Animal Rescue Brigade, Diego Domínguez; among others.
