Nine elements of the PSP with disciplinary proceedings by … – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
                         

In a statement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) realizes that the minister “ordered the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against nine elements of the PSP and the filing of the records relative to other five elements of PSP.”

                     

                          “Mrs. Minister of Internal Affairs determined also the continuation of the case as investigation to identify other police officers involved in the facts of the case and the application of the precautionary measure of preventive suspension for a period of ninety days to three PSP elements who were brought disciplinary process, “reads the statement.

These measures follow on from the introduction of a screening process by Anabela Rodrigues minister, to determine the which occurred on February 5, 2015, from the Cova da Moura, in Amadora and involving various elements of the PSP, and later in the episode occurred in the Police Intervention and Surveillance Squadron in Alfragide.

The Minister’s decision is based on the final report submitted by the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration (IGAI) on the incidents. The research IGAI was announced three days after the incidents that led to the arrest of six young people.

On February 5, five youths, aged 23 and 25, were arrested after , according to the PSP, had “attempted to invade” the squad Alfragide, following the arrest of another youth in the neighborhood of Cova da Moura.

According to a SOS Racism movement activists, five young people had If moved to Alfragide station to know the situation of a friend who had been arrested in the neighborhood, after being searched by the authorities.

During the police operation, the PSP “made shots” to try to disperse the residents, who were protesting the way they treated the young. The version of the PSP is that, following the arrest, the other young people “tried to storm” the police station, having been fired a new shot in the air. Were arrested five members of the group and the rest fled.

The young man who was arrested in Cova da Moura left at liberty, after hearing by a judge, which forced the accused to “periodic presentations.”