translated from Spanish: A coffee on your way: the surprising initiative of Carabineros to regain confidence

to regain the trust of citizens after the scandals who has been involved the institution, police launched a communication plan which consists that you take your coffee with them.
If you go to any of the branches of the chain of Starbucks cafes in the country, you can find three uniformed that will be there for two hours a day only for talking, while taking a coffee.
The idea, they have from the institution, is that people know police work. In addition, the institution seeks, as they explained, know the concerns of citizens and improve the levels of confidence in the institution, as it detailed the newspaper La Tercera.
This new plan, called “Coffee with a carabiner”, seeks to replicate the success of the experience of Boston police, in the United States, which in March launched “Coffee with a Cop” next to Starbucks.
The Chief of police, mayor Diego Rojas, communications explained that “we saw that people didn’t see us close. “Citizenship talk with the carabiner when you have a crime problem, so little space”.
Three policemen at each location will be: the captain of the jurisdiction and one or two policemen working in community work. They will be in uniform conversing with people

Original source in Spanish

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