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After a meeting with Iván Duque and other ministers, the official stressed that the truth is that the process of reforming the Police “has been underway for a long time” within the Government, so He denied the statements of the mayor of Bogotá in which he indicated that the president was not willing to advance in a discussion of this nature.
“Modernization is part of this policy and includes different aspects such as, for example, its foundation in human rights, in legality, in citizen dialogue, in citizen trust, in the professionalization of the Police, in the improvement of selection processes, in the action protocols and all the necessary elements so that we have a Police that responds to what are the legitimate expectations of Colombians ”, affirmed the head of the Defense portfolio.
The minister also emphasized that the process already has “concrete reflections”, and mentioned that Thanks to this, progress has been made, for example, in express investigations and changes in the quadrant system.
Police officers who fired their firearms in the riots
Regarding the “eventual participation” of police officers in violations of the law or ignorance of internal regulations in the midst of the riots over the death of Javier Ordóñez, which left several dead in Bogotá, The official stressed that progress is being made with the investigation and a full report of what happened will be delivered very soon.
“It should be noted, first, that there is a very strict procedure that requires each policeman to hand over his weapon to make a report on whether he used it, how many cartridges he used and under what circumstances he used it,” said Trujillo about the shooting by of the uniformed in the middle of the riots.
The defense minister ruled that the information gathered from these reports It will allow individualizing responsibilities in what corresponds to the specific cases that are the subject of investigation.
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