“We need to give a signal to the citizenry that order is back, that the state is returning to the places where it had eventually ceased to be. Therefore, it is important to give this signal that we are showing now, that effectively little by little we are advancing in that more orderly, cleaner streets are seen, that it is effectively noticed that the State is”. This is how the presidential delegate of the Metropolitan Region, Constanza Martínez, referred to the police and municipal work that was carried out in the historic santiago neighborhood, framed in the recovery of public spaces and supervision.
“We want to give the signal that effectively this is not going to be a one-day intervention, but we intend that they are solutions that are sustainable over time and that allow the recovery of public spaces for all,” explained the regional authority on that occasion. Today, just over two months after the start of the operations, the figures show that the new protocols have worked.
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Although Carabineros registered a total of 452 crimes of greater social connotation in relation to the months of January to May. After his intervention, these were reduced to 67 from May to July and finally to 31 since the last report (made between July 21 and August 11), representing a total decrease of 93%.
In new statements to the press, Delegate Martinez said that with these results “we can maintain that the intervention to recover the Meiggs Neighborhood has improved security, public transport and sales of established premises in the sector.”
“We have managed to make the presence of the State felt in places that were completely abandoned for a long time,” he said.
The presidential delegate in the RM stressed that the figures of Carabineros show a significant decrease in crimes of greater social connotation. “That is why we reaffirm our commitment to continue recovering public spaces,” he said.
It is worth mentioning that, due to the latest criminal events in the sector, which involved the death of a young student, it is that it proceeds in conjunction with the municipality of Santiago to the intervention of the neighborhood on May 19, focused on the withdrawal of the street trade that is in the sector.
Next, according to the institutional database, the evolution of crimes in the Meiggs neighborhood is announced, from January 1, 2022 to August 11, 2022.
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