What is the action of the Police?

The Chief of the Police of Catamarca Crio. Ulises Córdoba referred to the actions of the Police in the different demonstrations in the streets of the province.

“They cause chaos in the city and beyond the political ideology or reasons for protest that lead them to take to the streets, we have to prevail or maintain the safety of those who protest, the passers-by and also the police personnel,” he indicated. in a note with Mañana Central of Radio Ancasti.

“It’s quite complicated,” Córdoba acknowledged. “Generally we have to try to negotiate, to establish some type of agreement on how the demonstration is going to be carried out to see how we are going to accompany the protesters and also try to respect the rights of other people,” he commented. .

In one of the marches of municipal employees, who are carrying out a caravan today, the Police intervened when traffic was completely cut off and quickly restored it. Unusually, that day the SOEM leader Luis Álamo asked the head of the operation to arrest him and the protest ended there.

“It is complex, we always try to have legal support beyond the powers we have as police officers, we try to reach the limit of the situation so as not to escalate. But sometimes we need their behavior because they go too far and we have to use public force.”

Saturation operation

Regarding the special operation on Tuesday, he said that “it has been done daily in different neighborhoods. We ‘saturated’ the area not only with police personnel from the jurisdiction’s agency and to that we added motorcyclists, special units and walking personnel,” he said.

“The difference with this operation is that we call it ‘Central Valley’ because it was carried out in five departments: in the Northern Zone Headquarters, which is made up of Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Valle Viejo, Ambato and Paclín, and Regional Unit No. . 1 in the Capital, where almost the entire center has been saturated, in strategic places and the arteries that enter or exit the city.”

He considered that the result was positive, with the seizure of 118 motorcycles and two cars, and a few doses of marijuana at the La Vila post, Paclín.