This Saturday, June 15, the Colombian soccer final will take place between Independiente Santa Fe and Club Atlético Bucaramanga. The El Campín Stadium will be the scene of this sporting event and the Distrito has a robust security and coexistence device so that this football festival can be lived in peace.
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The city has its “District Protocol for Safety, Comfort and Coexistence in Bogotá Football”, updated and filed with the Ministry of Sports, whose fundamental purpose is to contribute to coexistence in football and its dynamics. In addition to reinforcing football as a cultural phenomenon that promotes values such as respect, tolerance and inclusion in the Nemesio Camacho “El Campin”, Metropolitano de Techo and Enrique Olaya Herrera stadiums.
2,500 men and women of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police will be deployed inside and outside the El Campín stadiumin the Simón Bolívar and 93 parks, the Galleries neighborhood and establishments open to the public in the neighborhoods to guarantee safety and coexistence before, during and after the game.
Below is the post from the Security Secretariat, on social network X, about this device for the Colombian soccer final:
Besides, Aerial patrols will be carried out with two helicopters and six drones, before during and after this football match and there will be 100 PDA devices to perform facial recognition and request for background information through fingerprint biometrics to fully identify citizens who enter the party; There the police will have Body Cam to record the required procedures in real time.
“The city is prepared with all its capabilities to ensure that the event that will take place on Saturday night is successful, that everyone celebrates in peace, whoever wins and as always the Bogotá Metropolitan Police is committed with the events in the city and with the safety of the citizens,” said César Restrepo, Secretary of Security of Bogotá.
The logistics device will have a security polygon between streets 53 and 68 and Carrera 50, which will begin on Saturday at noon until 6:00 am on Sunday, June 25. The accompaniment of the public force will be carried out throughout the city and will be coordinated with the district authorities from the Unified Command Post in C4 and the Emergency Operations Center.
As Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán put it, “Bogotá has its doors open for Colombian soccer and for this final. Our city welcomes and supports all fans who want to experience this great final of Colombian football in peace. We have the entire social dialogue, human rights and goals in peace team to attend to this important sporting event. We have all the logistical and security devices in place to guarantee a safe and peaceful party,” said Gustavo Quintero Ardila, Secretary of Government.
The recommendation to all fans who will go to the stadium to enjoy this match, arrive early and if possible by public transport. Those who decide to bring their car must arrive with sufficient time to park in authorized places, as the respective operations will be carried out to guarantee mobility in the sector.
The TransMilenio operation will be operating at its usual hours until 10:00 p.m. in order to guarantee transportation for fans and their families to their destinations.
The Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park will have a screen for fans and will be enabled from 2:00 pm This space will be accompanied by the Bogotá Metropolitan Police, the dialogue and coexistence managers and 220 IDRD logisticians.
The Ministry of Health will activate its health team with 4 ambulances in the stadium, two medicalized and two basic and the entire operation will have the support of the local Mayor’s Office of Teusaquillo, the District Security Secretariat, the National Police, the Ombudsman’s Office , the Secretariat of Economic Development, the District Institute of Recreation and Sports, the Personería of Bogotá and the Secretariat of Government.
