25/09/2020
Police forces from Europe and 17 countries in Latin America meet to improve citizen secu-rity and combat Covid-19.
A moment from from the event, during the presentation by Marcos Alvar, the project manager
Public and private security have different functions and must follow performance criteria covered by the regulations of each country. Private security must attend to needs framed within the private sphere, covering the needs of people and companies that are within their right to guarantee their goods, properties and businesses, among other aspects.
Collaboration between the two types of security is essential and is evident in the protection and control of the headquarters of both public and private organisations that require coordination with the country’s police. In Spain, this coordination is entrusted to the Central Private Security Unit at the General Commission for Citizen Security and, at the national level, to the Secretary of State for Security with the Ministry of the Interior.
Within the framework of the EL PAcCTO project:Support for Ameripol, a virtual activity was held on collaboration between private security and the public security forces and bodies.
More specifically, the Spanish experience regarding the Comprehensive Collaboration Plan between the National Police and private security (Red Azul Nacional), the “Protocol on Police Measures to be Adopted Against Attacks on Health Professionals”, and the “Action Plan to Combat Hate Crimes”, in the field of private security. Likewise, improvements were proposed such as the creation of Private Security Units in the state police and greater coordination through cooperation networks between America and Europe.
EL PAcCTO: Support for Ameripol is a European Union-funded project that is managed by FIIAPP, which seeks to strengthen the international cooperation capacities of police forces and improve coordination with public prosecutor’s offices and the judiciary of partner countries to combat crime.
