More than five thousand police officers will be working during the elections.
The entire logistical and security plan for this year's elections was presented to the electoral judges; in addition to civil and federal police officers, five thousand military police officers will be working; the promise is that, for the first time, all 102 municipalities in Alagoas will have on-duty police chiefs.
Alagoas247 - The security and logistics scheme that will be adopted in the municipalities of Alagoas before and during the 2014 elections were presented this Friday (19) to the electoral judges, during an event held at the headquarters of the Superior School of Magistracy of Alagoas (Esmal). In total, 5 military police officers will work in the election, in the capital and in the interior. In addition to them, the Civil Police (PC) and the Federal Police (PF) have also prepared a special security scheme.
The contingent that will be on duty to ensure tranquility during the elections was presented to the judges by the general commander of the Military Police, Colonel Marcus Pinheiro. Two or three men will be assigned to be on standby at each polling place. In the interior, the work of the military begins on the Friday before the election. In the capital, it takes place on election day. According to the general commander, the police officers will also guard the ballot boxes and assist the judges.
At the event, the Director-General of the Civil Police, Chief Carlos Reis, explained that all municipalities in the state will have on-duty police chiefs – a total of 122 – in addition to agents and clerks to assist the judges on election day. According to him, this is the first time that all cities in Alagoas will have a structure set up by the Civil Police to guarantee greater security and support for the population.
"We will have a historic milestone in Alagoas, with 100% of the municipalities covered by a police chief, operations officer, and clerks. This will happen even in cities where there are no police stations, where we will work alongside the Military Police," the police chief emphasized.
An official order will designate the delegates and specify how the police officers should act in cases of common and electoral crimes. The delegates will be on duty from 18 PM on October 4th to 18 PM on October 5th, when the elections take place.
The election in Alagoas will also have the support of the Federal Police (PF). In addition to the entire state force, police officers coming from Brasília will also be working.
Ballots
According to the president of the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), Judge Elisabeth Carvalho, the distribution of ballot boxes to polling stations has already begun. The operation has the support of the Federal Police (PF). Citizens summoned to serve as poll workers during the election have also begun their training.
"We hope that everything goes peacefully and that what is happening now in the guide is not carried over to election day. May the politicians know how to behave, because what the people want is to see proposals," the judge emphasized.
The Secretary of Information Technology at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), Henrique Melo, highlighted that the agency has until the 25th to prepare the ballot boxes. As of yesterday, a total of 3.570 were already ready to be used in the election. By the 28th, all of them will have been distributed to the municipalities in the interior.
In addition to the president of the Regional Electoral Court (TRE), Elisabeth Carvalho, the vice-president Sebastião Costa Filho, the electoral judges Alexandre Lenine, Alberto Jorge, André Carvalho and Everaldo Patriota; as well as the Regional Electoral Prosecutor, Marcial Coelho, and the director-general of the TRE, Maria Celina Bravo, were present at the event this morning.
Representatives from the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the Federal Police, and the Military Police battalions were also present at Esmal this morning.
With gazetaweb.com