Mayor Francisco Azcué, representing the Municipality of Concordia and the Concordia Departmental Headquarters of the Entre Ríos Police, signed an agreement with the localities of Colonia Ayuí, Estancia Grande, La Criolla, Los Charrúas, Puerto Yeruá, Colonia General Roca, Nueva Escocia, and Pedernal.
Following the signing, the Municipality offers the mentioned Mayoralties and Communes the possibility to adhere to the SOS Alert System so that they may have coverage in the use of panic buttons.
This system has been operating since 2016 and there are currently around 800 active devices. The objective of the Undersecretariat of Citizen Security is to reach more localities in the Concordia department, with Colonia Ayuí, Estancia Grande, La Criolla, Los Charrúas, Puerto Yeruá, Colonia General Roca, Nueva Escocia, and Pedernal being part of this agreement.
Present were the Secretary of Government of the Municipality of Concordia, Luciano Dell'Olio; the head of the Concordia Departmental Headquarters of the Entre Ríos Police, Commissioner Miguel Retamar; the Undersecretary of Citizen Security, Claudio Purgart, along with representatives of the Mayoralties and Communes.
JOINT WORK
Azcué described that “we signed an agreement through which we are going to work in an articulated manner with the municipalities of the department, with this development that belongs to the city of Concordia.”
The scourge of gender-based violence “is a very delicate and very important issue in which we all have to give our best from the position we occupy,” which is why he highlighted the importance of this agreement, as the panic button is one of the main tools available to victims.
“Once activated, through a cell phone or other devices, a protocol is automatically applied where different areas intervene in order to provide responses as immediately as possible and protect the people who unfortunately suffer from this scourge,” pointed out Azcué.
COORDINATION
Dell'Olio noted that “the idea is that this situation, which occurs in practice with devices operating in different localities of the department, can be regularized and that the mayors have this tool. These are sensitive crimes and in this case, we had the possibility of giving continuity in the administration to this type of policy, with local development that was carried out by the IT Directorate.”
For his part, Purgart reported that there are currently more than 800 devices in operation and stressed that “the panic button acts as a precautionary measure from the Court,” which is why it is essential to work in coordination with the Municipalities and the Justice system.
Commissioner Retamar highlighted that “we, from the Ministry of Security, headed by Néstor Roncaglia, have received the directives to prevent and act in one of the events that occurs most frequently at this moment, which is the crime of gender-based violence,” considering it more than important that more localities in the department can have said tool.
STRENGTHENING
The mayor of Los Charrúas, Andrea Imoberdorff, highlighted the action and pointed out that “it is a super important and fundamental tool for Los Charrúas because we are in a rural area where sometimes the reach of connectivity is not like in a city,” therefore from now on “we are going to work in an articulated manner, as a team, and that strengthens us as the more rural localities.”
Finally, the mayor of Puerto Yeruá, Daniel Benítez, pointed out that “it is very important that this is achieved, in this case from the Municipality of Concordia, which is the head city of the department, to which we turn permanently for different procedures,” and in this case, to adhere to this SOS Alert System.
Following the signing, the Municipality offers the mentioned Mayoralties and Communes the possibility to adhere to the SOS Alert System so that they may have coverage in the use of panic buttons.
This system has been operating since 2016 and there are currently around 800 active devices. The objective of the Undersecretariat of Citizen Security is to reach more localities in the Concordia department, with Colonia Ayuí, Estancia Grande, La Criolla, Los Charrúas, Puerto Yeruá, Colonia General Roca, Nueva Escocia, and Pedernal being part of this agreement.
Present were the Secretary of Government of the Municipality of Concordia, Luciano Dell'Olio; the head of the Concordia Departmental Headquarters of the Entre Ríos Police, Commissioner Miguel Retamar; the Undersecretary of Citizen Security, Claudio Purgart, along with representatives of the Mayoralties and Communes.
JOINT WORK
Azcué described that “we signed an agreement through which we are going to work in an articulated manner with the municipalities of the department, with this development that belongs to the city of Concordia.”
The scourge of gender-based violence “is a very delicate and very important issue in which we all have to give our best from the position we occupy,” which is why he highlighted the importance of this agreement, as the panic button is one of the main tools available to victims.
“Once activated, through a cell phone or other devices, a protocol is automatically applied where different areas intervene in order to provide responses as immediately as possible and protect the people who unfortunately suffer from this scourge,” pointed out Azcué.
COORDINATION
Dell'Olio noted that “the idea is that this situation, which occurs in practice with devices operating in different localities of the department, can be regularized and that the mayors have this tool. These are sensitive crimes and in this case, we had the possibility of giving continuity in the administration to this type of policy, with local development that was carried out by the IT Directorate.”
For his part, Purgart reported that there are currently more than 800 devices in operation and stressed that “the panic button acts as a precautionary measure from the Court,” which is why it is essential to work in coordination with the Municipalities and the Justice system.
Commissioner Retamar highlighted that “we, from the Ministry of Security, headed by Néstor Roncaglia, have received the directives to prevent and act in one of the events that occurs most frequently at this moment, which is the crime of gender-based violence,” considering it more than important that more localities in the department can have said tool.
STRENGTHENING
The mayor of Los Charrúas, Andrea Imoberdorff, highlighted the action and pointed out that “it is a super important and fundamental tool for Los Charrúas because we are in a rural area where sometimes the reach of connectivity is not like in a city,” therefore from now on “we are going to work in an articulated manner, as a team, and that strengthens us as the more rural localities.”
Finally, the mayor of Puerto Yeruá, Daniel Benítez, pointed out that “it is very important that this is achieved, in this case from the Municipality of Concordia, which is the head city of the department, to which we turn permanently for different procedures,” and in this case, to adhere to this SOS Alert System.