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The Minister of Internal Affairs, Miguel Macedo, said today is already “identified a political line of progressive change in the security forces” so that, over time, focus their elements in activities “imminently operational.”

Miguel Macedo said the idea is that Portugal can “reach in a few years what happens in other European countries,” which is to focus “elements enforcement activities imminently police, leaving those [activities] that are administrative, rear, logistics, not linked to a criminal investigation or operation for the civilian. “

Minister commented to journalists in Porto, the activity report 2012 Republican National Guard (GNR), which states that the effective that security force decreased by 10% in four years due to the outputs of the military to the reserve or reform that were not offset with new entries.

According to the minister, the PSP is “little more than 2% of the civilian and the GNR, already counting on those Rangers who transited the Ministry of Environment, slightly exceeds 4%”, while in other European countries the value lies between the “17% and 20%.”

“It means that we have a way to go to focus elements enforcement activities imminently police, leaving those that are administrative, back office, logistics, not linked to a criminal investigation or operation for civilian elements, is so must be “sustained.

report data GNR “are not unheard of,” he said, noting that it is “precisely because of the large number of elements that have gone” to the reservation or reform that the government will “make an adjustment in the scheme of reservation in GNR “, reducing it progressively from five to two years.

Being “truth,” but “no news” that “tickets are equivalent to outputs”, Miguel Macedo also ensured that each year there will be integration of elements in the security forces.

“The organic amendments aim to provide the operational part with the resources that are sufficient to ensure that the GNR and PSP can develop their operations,” he said.

The document also counts the levels of “degradation” of the premises of GNR, which require “interventions swift.”

“I have never concealed the state of degradation of the premises, vehicle fleet,” he said, “but in fact, and it is public, the country has not done over the last 30 years, an ongoing, persistent, investments in area of ??the premises, and therefore there are indeed degradation. “

The Minister stressed that despite “the period of major budget constraint” are progressing more than ten and a half works for GNR.

“We’re done, but we are unable to reach everywhere at the same time,” he said.

Miguel Macedo said that the new squad Aldoar the PSP will be launched “within days” and transfer facilities of the Division of Police Force / Port must occur within “two months”.

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