Pacifying My Neighborhood arrives in Vveraguas and will cover 5 districts of the province

Commissioner Elida Ortega de Lasso, inspector general of the National Police, spoke about the program Pacifying my Neighborhood Building a Future in the province of Veraguas, where she assured that it had been well received by the public, and therefore asked the community to continue attending to be effective exchange the weapons for the food voucher.
He said that this program that began this September 5 will be taken to 5 districts of the province of Veraguas starting with Santiago, followed by Calobre, Soná, Santa Fe, Montijo and San Francisco.
He added that the program seeks to remove weapons, accessories and ammunition or explosives from the streets that endanger citizens.
“If you have something in your house that you think may go against the security of the State or social peace, bring it and you will be received here,” he said, noting that so far they have received 9-millimeter pistols, rifles, ammunition and accessories such as handcuffs; He stressed that they are receiving all kinds of weapons and specified that there is a table to determine the type of weapon that is received and the amount that will be given through the food voucher to the person who delivers the weapons. He insisted that this is a totally confidential program and that during the delivery of the weapons, no questions are asked of those who come to carry out the exchange, since it is done anonymously.