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Keith Woolford Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) Quote "The Police of Boquete have formed a group to head this project in it's entirety" If that was the case, the Policia Nacional would be sending out a signed official communication. This logo is from a Mexican blog. http://denunciauruapanvg.blogspot.com/2017/01/ayudemos-localizarlas.html What do others think? Edited April 27, 2017 by Keith Woolford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAndNena Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Keith Woolford said: If that was the case, the Policia Nacional would be sending out a signed official communication. This logo is from a Mexican blog. http://denunciauruapanvg.blogspot.com/2017/01/ayudemos-localizarlas.html What do others think? Don't know about the local event but this is from their website: http://www.policia.gob.pa/14827-inauguran-programa-de-vecinos-vigilantes-y-orientan-a-la-comunidad-chiricana-.html It displays the true logo for the program. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 It's not the Vecinos Vigilantes that has been around a while and that the neighborhood signs represent. And I find it hard to believe that the police initiated this on their on. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 hour ago, JimAndNena said: Don't know about the local event but this is from their website: http://www.policia.gob.pa/14827-inauguran-programa-de-vecinos-vigilantes-y-orientan-a-la-comunidad-chiricana-.html It displays the true logo for the program. jim As I recall, Vecinos Vigilantes was an initiative of neighborhood leaders and was and is neighborhood based. The police joined the effort, at least the publicity effort, but I'm not aware of any role they had in starting it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Why are you guys so suspicious? Go to the meeting and find out. I know the lady who helped the police send out this announcement to the foreign community has a good relationship with the local police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Suspicious ..of duplication of efforts. Why? Because we have an existing Vecinos Vigilante program with a Police representative in our neighbourhood as do 158 others in Chiriqui. Members of the expat community previously established the Alto Al Crimen and RodnyDirect reporting services, as well as an organization to help families of Police. Are those groups supporting this effort? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAndNena Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Bonnie said: As I recall, Vecinos Vigilantes was an initiative of neighborhood leaders and was and is neighborhood based. The police joined the effort, at least the publicity effort, but I'm not aware of any role they had in starting it. I am finding links that indicate that the program was a police effort to connect with the public. The problem that the Policia Nacional have is that the people remember when the police were the National Guard under a dictatorship. The creation of the Policia Nacional was to eliminate marshal law and establish civil law enforcement. The funding, and thus the training of a military force into a police force, has never been sufficient outside of Panama City. I remember when Omar Torrijos put stripes on La Guardia Nacional uniform trousers for street patrol in an attempt to convince the USA that he had a separate police force for civilian law enforcement when he was trying to qualify for funding from the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Penny said: Why are you guys so suspicious? Go to the meeting and find out. I know the lady who helped the police send out this announcement to the foreign community has a good relationship with the local police. It doesn't feel like the right thing to be doing or supporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 22 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said: Suspicious ..of duplication of efforts. Why? Because we have an existing Vecinos Vigilante program with a Police representative in our neighbourhood as do 158 others in Chiriqui. Members of the expat community previously established the Alto Al Crimen and RodnyDirect reporting services, as well as an organization to help families of Police. Are those groups supporting this effort? Exactly. There are many needs in our community, and many organizations have been established to address them. Duplication of effort dissipates support and participation rather than enhances it. I see this as an ongoing problem. Rather than supporting existing groups, too many people see the need to create their own. As to having a good relationship with the police, I know of no one who had a better relationship with the police than Marion Clamp. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAndNena Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Is this the same group of folks? http://boquete.ning.com/forum/topics/thanking-our-local-police?commentId=1434455%3AComment%3A827800 Perhaps it is a VE neighborhood only event? jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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