Security Concerns

// VOLUME NO. 1// AUG 2019

SECURITY CONCERNS A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR CITY

BY: NICOLÁS LÓPEZ

A big problem since a long time...

In Bogota for many years has had worrying cases of insecurity such as robberies, murders, rapes, among others. It´s so much crime in our city that a study revealed that it is the second most dangerous city in the world below Caracas, Venezuela.

This magazine has the proposal to give details of all the crimes that occur every day in Bogota, get reflections and give possible solutions to these problems that affect all of us.

ROBBERIES: A PROBLEM OF EVERY DAY.

Thieves have been a problem for years in Bogotá. Organized bands, motorcycle thieves or just a person with a weapon, are some examples of how our city is a danger every day we leave our home either to study or work.

CELL PHONE THEFT

According to a study by the Colombian prosecutor, cell phone theft is the greatest danger that citizens of Bogotá have. Around 3000 cell phones are stolen on the day and every year more than 100.00 complaints of this type of theft are recorded.

It is a very big concern since it is not only about stealing cell phones because there are people who resist and are killed, simply by a small object ...

WHY DO CELL PHONE THEFTS GROW MORE AND MORE?

There are many. The first is that of citizen collaboration: we need people not to buy second-hand phones in the illegal market.

Second, a very efficient control by the authorities to the places where phones, accessories and parts are sold. Because criminals steal, scrap and then sell the device for parts.

"Remember that a united people will always beat anything, not only must we join when playing the national team, if together we collaborate to lower crime, we will be a more united and happy society"

MURDERS

Murders are increasing more and more.

There are more and more victims of violence in our city and it is something that should not happen. When we leave our homes we do not know if we will return or what will happen.

"Most of the time, the murders are products of armed robbery, revenge or hired assassination."

C Y C L I S T

S A F E T Y

One of the big problems present in Bogota in a matter of safety is towards cyclists, first not all cyclists are in the best conditions, vehicle drivers often believe they are the owners of the roads and disrespect the integrity of the cyclist and if this was not enough are some of the most affected by robberies. many people use the bicycle as a method of transport and work not only for ease but also for costs but people arrive without scruples and attacks them either pushing them, threatening them or simply if one gets to neglect they take it and there is everything, an improvement should be made in this part in order to contribute to social integrity and an environmental improvement.

STATISTICS

According to a legal medicine report, more than 8500 homicides were registered last year and 90% of the victims were men and most of them were between 20 and 40 years old. These statistics confirm that the death rate is led by murders, followed by accidents and suicides.

"It is a fairly high percentage compared to previous years.

That is to say that each time the intolerance and violence is increasing and the values are increasingly decreasing, making us a bad society."

SELF DEFENSE EXAMPLE

When we are walking through the city, we are exposed to many risks, however our mind is occupied with very different things.

Recently an event occurred in our city in which 3 people were going to rob a man who was crossing a bridge ...

What we can think of is that the thieves got away with it and in the worst case they not only robbed the man but also killed him ...

...But that didn't happen The man they were going to steal, carried a high-caliber weapon and when threatened he shot the 3 thieves, who died on the spot.

There has been a lot of controversy about this situation, because some people say that the man should go to jail for killing those people, but most citizens say it was in self-defense.

The man surrendered to the authorities and the judge declared that, in effect, what had happened had been in selfdefense and was released.

H O W

T O

S O L V E

S E C U R I T Y

I S S U E S

It is important that as citizens we are alert to our surroundings, it is not the fact of not giving papaya or being careful, it is the fact that Bogota is the city in which we live and if we let the insecurity increase that the future awaits us, It is necessary to be empathic to help the other and not to believe that the problems are foreign to me, that if they steal it, it is their problem.

One of the most important factors for an improvement is to have support from the district and the government, that it helps us to denounce whether entities such as the police are full of corruption and for this reason the procedure can never be carried out. adequate, we must be aware of all our city and make justice worth instead of just being another forgotten case