“We need to give a signal to the citizenry that order is returning, that the State is returning to the places where it had eventually ceased to be. For this reason, it is important to give this signal that we are showing now, that effectively little by little we are making progress in streets are seen to be more orderly, cleaner, that it is effectively noticed that the State is there”. 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 neighborhood of Santiago, framed in the recovery of public spaces and control.
“We want to give the signal that this is not going to be a one-day intervention, but that we want them to be solutions that are sustainable over time and that allow everyone to recover public spaces,” explained the regional authority. on said opportunity. Today, just over two months after the start of 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 (carried out between July 21 and August 11), representing a total decrease of 93%.
In new statements to the press, the delegate Martínez pointed out 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 Police figures show a significant decrease in crimes of greater social connotation. “That is why we reaffirm our commitment to continue recovering public spaces,” she said.
It is worth mentioning that, due to the latest criminal acts in the sector, which involved the death of a young student, the intervention of the neighborhood is being carried out in conjunction with the municipality of Santiago on May 19, focused on the removal of the itinerant trade found in the sector.
Next, according to the institutional database, the evolution of crimes in the Meiggs neighborhood is disclosed, from January 1, 2022 to August 11, 2022.
Carabineros Report on Barrio Meiggs by The counter on Scribd
