He General Commissioner Fernando Pedrozo He assumed as Chief of Police of Cerro Largo, in an act headed by the Interim Minister of the Interior, Pablo Abdala. During the ceremony, Abdala highlighted the continuity of the security policy initiated in 2020 and pointed out the reduction of some crimes as a result of this approach.
The new police chief assumes in a context of challenges for department security, with the commitment to maintain and strengthen the strategies implemented.
Pablo Abdala when referring to security aspects, said that recognition must be made to the work fulfilled by Police Chief Marcelo Suárez, who retires, who leaves the position formally, and at the same time give possession to Chief Pedrozo, who He was accompanied by Chief Suarez throughout this stage as a police deputy, so that it is a succession or a natural relay that occurs in relation to a driving that has not been successful, which has had very good results. ”
Security policies
Pablo Abdala said “that the data indicate absolutely incontlastable that the security policy in the department of “Cerro Largo has been in tune with the security policy that has been developed throughout the country and particularly here the figures seems to me that they are eloquent in terms of the fall of 80% of the prey in relation to the previous period, of the 70% of the abigeato, of 50% of the thefts, inmate that this is the result of a persistent path that has been followed in terms of the police presence, of the development of the investment in technology, of the greatest and best equipment, position all that at the service of the police work ”.
Homicides
Abdala said “On the 15th, Minister Martinelli presented the figures corresponding to 2024 and clearly demonstrates a trend down all crimes and homicides as well, a small decline in relation to the year 2019 that by the way indicates a high level of homicides a Rate of 10.5 Every 100,000 inhabitants but without prejudice it is clear that what has been achieved and is a significant advance, is the containment of a growing trend, which begins to grow from 2012-2013, depending on different Circumstances that were lived there and decisions, in our opinion, not quite successful that were adopted, among other things in the fight against drug trafficking and microtrafficking, with the suppression of the Montevideo anti -drug brigades and Canelones, basically, among other measures, I repeat, that I think that at least they were controversial, but beyond that there was a growing trend in a sustained way that had its highest point in 2018 with 420 homicides from the year 2020 I understand I have achieved at least at least Stoping that growth of course in relation to homicides does not reach with the greatest police efficiency it is evident that homicides are associated with violence in their most diverse ways, it is evident that violence has diversified among us not to believe that homicides respond exclusively To the issue of drug trafficking, organized crime, in a percentage yes, but obviously there is an increase in social violence in its most diverse manifestations interpersonal violence the circumstance that Uruguayans increasingly set up disputes between us with lethal violence that later was later becomes the fatal consequence of the death of a victim ”, Abdala said.
