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“I can guarantee to the residents of Lisbon and Porto that the closure of a police station will lead to them feeling a greater police presence on the streets,” stated Luís Neves.
The author argues that Portugal should reform its Annual Internal Security Report to include detailed offender demographics, citing the Danish model as a superior approach to addressing rising violent crime in major cities.
Strengthening municipal police forces may be politically appealing. But doing so at the expense of the PSP is a mistake, and it is a mistake that the country cannot afford.
The Prime Minister announced that the Government will reinforce the PSP metropolitan commands in Porto and Lisbon with 200 new officers for each of these structures.
Luís Montenegro was speaking after an 'extremely productive meeting' with the mayors of Lisbon and Porto.
The Prime Minister acknowledges that security has been a “dominant theme” and therefore presents a proposal to reinforce police presence on the streets. Additionally, the President of the Constitutional Court resigns from their duties.
There will also be an increase in patrol actions by the PSP intervention unit in Lisbon and Porto, specifically in areas with the highest criminal activity.
