In this context, the program Things happen of AIR spoke this Friday with the undersecretary of Criminal Analysis of the Ministery of security, Sebastian Montenottewho referred to where and how crimes occur in the provincial capital, how work is being done on prevention.
“In the report that was made in conjunction with the Observatory, it stands out that, at the provincial level, there is a decrease in homicides this year, representing the lowest numbers since the record exists,” said the official.
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Along these lines, he distinguished the predatory crimes (robbery, qualified robbery, theft) on which they are “working on different strategies to reduce them.”
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“Throughout last year there was a very significant increase from January to December. From January and February they began to decrease. From February to May 31 we have had months with fewer crimes compared to the previous ones,” Montenotte highlighted.
However – he acknowledged – “we know that in situations like those that happened in the Mayoraz neighborhood, where a homicide occurs in the context of a robbery, all the statistics seem like an empty number because the failure of prevention is evident and has a consequence. very negative.”
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What is the crime prevention policy like in Santa Fe?
Montenotte explained that they follow with particular attention the crimes that occur in homes and businesses in the city of Santa Fe, which is why they have “designed a prevention policy based on patrols.”
“We placed a patrol car in each of the 40 grids that the city is divided into and, a little over a month ago, we added 30 more to today have between 70 and 80 vehicles patrolling and available to respond to 911 emergencies,” he reported.
The crime map in Santa Fe: where the most robberies and acts of violence occur
“In the analysis of the accumulated annual predatory crimes, the area of the macrocenter with the axis of Boulevardstreet Rivadaviathe Bus Terminal and the Spain Squareappears to us as the places with the most robberies“.
Given this, the Undersecretary of Criminal Analysis postulated, “we decided to start this focused neighborhood prevention strategy there, which seeks to reduce this type of crime.”
Furthermore, he added, “the facts of highly harmful violence They are concentrated in another area of the city: San Lorenzo neighborhood, Chalet and Arenales“.
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“For these cases we are working on a focused neighborhood intervention: in February we began a strategy linked to investigations, intensive patrols, which allowed us to significantly improve the indicators referring to the most serious crimes and arrest criminals,” said the official.
Finally, when asked about where they produce more entrancesthe official said: “These cases occur more in the north of the city”.
“We are working on expanding the video surveillance system that the province has in the city and we are installing more than 60 cameras these days, which are already operational and we are finishing an expansion to focus on predatory crimes,” stressed Montenotte and hill: “In any situation we tell the neighbors to call 911, that the police personnel will attend the scene“.
