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The Ministry of the Interior (Mininter), the National Police of Peru (PNP), district and provincial mayors, together with representatives of the private sector and academia, signed important commitments of joint and articulated work in order to promote, through concrete actions, the fight against common crime and organized crime in the country and provide peace and security to the population. "Together for Citizen Security" is the name of this transcendental pact promoted by the Ministry of the Interior to consolidate a strategic alliance around this common objective that the country has.
The signing of the commitments was headed by the Minister of the Interior. In the symbolic act, held at the headquarters of the Mininter, the metropolitan mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga; the provincial mayor of Callao; Pedro Spadaro; the mayor of San Isidro, Nancy Vizurraga; and the burgomaster of the province of Oyón (Lima Region), Arístides Olivera; the president of the National Society of Industries (SNI) Jesús Salazar Nishi; and the rector of the San Ignacio de Loyola University, Ana María Muñoz. On behalf of the Peruvian National Police, the agreement was signed by the Chief of the General Staff of the National Police, Carlos Chong.
"Thank you for putting on the shirt of citizen security and unity, which are the great engine that will make us stronger and stronger in the face of any obstacle and will allow Peru to take off in its objectives as a nation," said Minister Romero.
The authorities agreed, among other actions, to strengthen the PNP's preventive programs, expand the "Serenazgo sin Fronteras" and integrated patrolling, and provide more infrastructure and equipment to the police force. In addition, they agreed to work on the interconnection of the video surveillance and telecommunications systems of the PNP and local municipalities, recover public spaces captured by crime and eradicate black markets for stolen goods.
Citizen security is everyone's task The head of the Interior sector stressed that citizen security is a task that involves everyone, especially the authorities of the different levels of government, who have in their hands the possibility of making firm and concrete decisions to enhance this joint work. During the ceremony, he stressed that his sector has signed important agreements with more than 10 municipalities in terms of citizen security, in addition to having assigned more police to reinforce patrols in various jurisdictions.
"We have agreements to sign; 16 with regional governments and 69 with local governments. We also want to highlight the role of the private sector, which supports the Interior sector and the Police to provide better possibilities for our young people," he noted. Other commitments made by the authorities include the implementation of training centers for municipal security guards, as well as helping the PNP to have more troops for the prevention and prosecution of crime in rural areas.
The activity was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Public Security, Héctor Loayza Arrieta; the National Director of Citizen Security, Miguel Lostaunau Fuentes, as well as district mayors of Metropolitan Lima and Callao, representatives of the Neighborhood Councils and police authorities, as well as representatives of the private sector. "A few days before celebrating our Fiestas Patria, we are committed to working steadily for the integral development of each inhabitant of the country and for a peaceful society where each person can realize their dreams of prosperity," said Romero.
For his part, the mayor of Lima stressed the importance of joint work for the sake of citizen security, which allows the development of actions and operations with effective results, such as the one carried out days ago in the Las Malvinas shopping center.
