GNR detain 51 people and record 1,100 environmental crimes
The National Republican Guard (GNR) arrested 51 people, recorded 18,884 offenses and detected 1,100 crimes related to the protection of nature and the environment in 2020.
In a statement, the GNR said that in 2020 and within the scope of protecting nature and the environment, the SEPNA military carried out 73,450 patrols and 228,244 inspections that resulted in the arrest of 51 people, the lifting of 18,884 offenses and the detection of 1,100 crimes.
GNR also takes stock of the telephone line SOS Ambiente e Território do SEPNA, available 24 hours a day through the number 808 200 520, which registered, in 2020, a total of 12,185 complaints, which resulted in the registration of 2,286 administrative offenses and 110 crimes following the detected infractions.
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Government preparing “profound transformations” in policing By TPN/Lusa, in News, Politics · 16-04-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
The Minister of Internal Administration has said that the reforms the Government is making in the PSP, GNR and SEF are “the most profound transformations” carried out in the security forces “for many years”.
“The Government’s programme includes reforms of the SEF, PSP and GNR which are the most profound changes in the security forces for many years,” Eduardo Cabrita told members of the Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees Committee.
The way in which the restructuring of the Foreigners and Borders Service will be carried out has been questioned by all opposition parties, particularly the PSD and CDS-PP who criticised this reform and demanded that the ch
Police restricting traffic due to MotoGP
Traffic on the main road accesses to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA), in Portimão, is prohibited, until Sunday, 18 April, due to the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix. There will be several control locations of the National Republican Guard (GNR) and who is not a resident or is accredited for the event does not pass, said a GNR source to Lusa News Agency.
The control of access begins this afternoon (15 April) in the connection of the Mexilhoeira Grande junction on the A22 - Via do Infante to the AIA, as well as on the roads that pass through the towns of Pereira, Folga, Montes de Cima, Moinho da Rocha and Casas Velhas, he said.
Two GNR military personnel and one PSP agent killed on duty in 2020 By TPN/Lusa, in News · 03-04-2021 18:11:00 · 0 Comments
Two GNR military personnel and one PSP agent died on duty last year, after in 2019 no death on duty was recorded in the police forces, indicates the Annual Report of Internal Security (RASI). As a result of the operational activity of the security forces and services there were three deaths, seven wounded with the need for hospitalisation, and 846 light injuries, according to the 2020 RASI, which was delivered to parliament on 31 March.
In 2019, no deaths were recorded among security forces personnel on duty.