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The role of the Public

Security Police in

drugs combat

SICAD, 22 de Setembro de 2014

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Presentation structure:

PSP’s Presentation – mission, nature

competences, where we are and who we serve

Legal and juridical context

Police Procedures

Good practices

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“

To ensure the democratic rule of law, to

guarantee public safety and the citizens’ rights

as per National Constitution and the rule of

law."

Mission

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IN REGARDS TO ITS NATURE:

•

Armed and uniformed civilian public

safety force ;

•

Under direct dependence of the Ministry

of Internal (Home) Affairs;

•

Single hierarchic organization for all

territory;

•

Internal safety and crowd

responsibilities in major cities;

control

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GENERIC COMPETENCES:

Crowd control and Internal safety;

Crime Prevention;

Criminal Investigation;

Traffic and Road Safety;

Environmental safety;

Safety of public transport;

Protection and surveillance of

sensitive

points

(government

facilities, courts, embassies, etc.).

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SPECIFIC COMPETENCES:

•

Private Security;

Airport Security;

Weapons and esplosives;

National Football Information

Point;

•

Close Protection (including the

protection of witnesses).

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Where we are ... Who we serve ...

17 %

26 %

23 %

51 %

14 %

26 %

20 %

30 %

16 %

100 %

33 %

22 %

82 %

31 %

27 %

52 %

20 %

100 %

32 %

5 016 081

– residente populacion

over PSP’s responsability

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Protection and surveillance of sensitive points

(embassies, airports, ...).

330 ZUS (Sensitive urban areas)

. 5.016.081 residents (CENSUS 2011)

. 1.700.00/day commuting population in metropolitan

areas

27.000.000 passengers / year at international airports

(2012)

Major mass events (sports, music, politics)

5 demonstrations per day (2013)

54% of arrests nationwide (2012)

PSP

responsible

for

70%

criminal

investigation of serious and violent crime

registered in Portugal.

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Law 53/2007, August 31

PSP’s Structural Law

Article 3 - Assignments

To prevent crime in general, coordinated with other police forces and safety

services;

To develop crime and offense investigations within its jurisdiction, delegated by judicial

authorities or requested by administrative authorities.

To prevent and detect drug trafficking and abuse cases or other controlled substances,

by surveilling and patrolling drug trafficking and abuse referenced areas;

Legal Context

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Decret-law 15/93, of January 22

Drug Enforcement Legislation

Article 21 – trafficking and other illicit activities

1 - who, without thus meet authorized to

cultivate, produce, extract, prepare, offer,

offers for sale, sell, distribute, buy, give or receive for any reason, to provide to others,

transport, import, export, transit or do illicitly holds

outside the cases provided for in

Article 40 plants, substances or preparations listed in tables I to III is punished with

imprisonment from 4 to 12 years.

Juridical Context

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Decret-law 15/93, of January 22

Drug Enforcement Legislation

Article 57 –Criminal investigation

(amended by Decree-Law n.º 81/95 of April 22

)

1 –Presumably

conceded to Polícia Judiciária

(judiciary police),

(…)

2 -

Presumably conceded to GNR

(National Republican Guard)

and to PSP the assignment

to investigate the following crimes,

perpetrated in their respective areas of jurisdiction,

when

reported to them or reported by them:

a) The crime foreseen and punished by

article 21 (Trafficking and other unlawful

activities)

of the present diploma, when cases occur of

hand-to-hand distribution

consumers at any level, of plants, substances or preparations referred to in it;

a) Of the crimes foreseen and punished by articles

26 (Trafficker –Consumer),

29 (Inciting the use of narcotics or psychotropic substances), 30 (Traffick and use in

public places), 32 (Sirynges littering), 33 (Aggravated contempt) and 40 (The use)

of the

present diploma.

Juridical Context

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Juridical framework applied to the use (decriminalization of the

use)

Law 30/2000 of November 29

Article 1 - Subject

1 –The

present law has the definition of

the juridical framework applicable to the use of

narcotics and psychotropic substances

as a subject, as well as health and social protection

of the people that use such substances without medical prescription.

–Plants, substances and preparations subject to the course of treatment foreseen in

this diploma are the ones listed in tables I to IV enclosed in the Decree-Law 15/93

of January 22

Juridical Context

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Article 2 –The use

Juridical framework applied to the use (decriminalization of the

use)

Law 30/2000 of November 29

1 –The

use, acquisition and possession for personal use

of plants, substances and

preparations comprised in the tables mentioned in the previous article

constitute a fine.

–For the effect of the present law,

the acquisition and possession for private use

of the substances mentioned in the previous number

cannot exceed the necessary

amount needed for average personal use during a 10 days period.

Juridical Context

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Maximum quantities for each average daily personal dose of plants,

substances or preparations more frequently used.

DECREE n.º 94/96 of MARCH 26

POSSESSION ABOVE 10 days

Days

Heroin

1 2

0,1 0,2 0,3

0,4 0,5

0,8 1

2 2,5

10 13

0,4 0,5

0,6

1,2

0,6

0,7 0,8 0,9

1,4 1,6 1,8

3,5 4 4.5

18 20 23

0,7 0,8 0,9

Cocaine 0,2 0,4 0,6

Hashish 0,5 1 1,5

Marijuana

2,5

5 7,5

Ecstasy 0,1 0,2 0,3

1 Gr

2 Gr

5 Gr

25 Gr

1 Gr

Juridical Context

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The cultivation, produce, extract,

prepare, sell, distribute, import,

export

And

acquisition and possession (whose

quantities exceeding 10 days personal

use)

Crime –

procedures:



The suspect is arrested, searched;



A report is filled and the present to

the court;



The substances and plantes are

seized and sent to the PJ lab;



Is iniciated a criminal investigation.

•

The acquisition and possession for

private use

under

the necessary amount

needed for average personal use during a

10 days period.

Fine

– procedures:



The offender is identified, searched;



A report is filled and the consumer

notified to be present on the

competent territorial Commission;



The substances and plantes are

seized and sent to the Commision;



A administrative file is open in order

to apply a fine.

Police Procedures

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Criminal Investigation and Prevention on drug trafficking

Article 2 –Criminal Prevention

1 –It

is especially assigned to Polícia Judiciária

(Judiciary Police):

a) To prevent the introduction and transit through our National Territory of narcotics and

psychotropic substances;

a) To prevent the formation of domestic organized networks trafficking such substances:

2 -

To GNR and to PSP, in

their respective areas

and aiming the detection of

trafficking or

abuse situations

of narcotics and psychotropic substances:

a) Surveillance of

places

predominantly frequented by

risk groups;

a) Surveillance and patrol in areas usually referenced as

trafficking and use sites.

Decree-Law n.º 81/95 of April 22

Juridical Context

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Police’s Tactical

Incident

Public Order

disruption involving

large crowds

Medium level

incidents (few

persons involved

Low level incidents

Tactical

intervention

UEP/GOE

Reaction:

Crowd Control

Enforcement

Reaction: secondary intervention

Rapid Intervention Teams (EIR), CP, BPC

Prevention: primary intervention

Car-patrol (CP)

Crime Prevention Teams (BPC)

Routine Situation

Foot patrol, car patrol, special programs

Community Policing

POLICE INTERVENTION LEVELS

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Integrated Model of Community Policing (MIPP)

Proximity and Victim Support Teams (EPAV):

•

Prevention and surveillance in commercial areas;

Surveillance in residential areas mostly inhabited by

elderly citizens;

Domestic violence prevention;

Supporting victims of crime and post-victimization attendance;

Identify problems that might interfere in citizens’safetystatus;

Detection of black numbers (difference

between the actual criminality and the reported one).

Safe School Program Teams (EPES):

•

Juvenile delinquency prevention;

Detection of problems that might interfere in citizens’safetystatus;

Detection of black numbers among school communities.

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MIPP –Safe School

Program Teams (EPES)

Awareness sessions

Following the goals of the Safe School Program, the PSP promotes, witth its respective partners,

awareness and learning sessions on different themes for the educational community, in a clear bet on

prevention.

During school year 2012/2013

5.841 awareness sessions

were conducted for the school

community, of wich

684 sessions were in the ambit of ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.

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MIPP –Safe School

Program Teams (EPES)

Campaigns/Awareness projects

Project “Eu não Alinho”(Count

me out)

•

The PSP, being aware of the importance of prevention and due to its deep insertion in the social

fabric, in response to its privileged presence among youth, with special emphasis at schools, has

been developing new abilities and competences, aiming a wider investment in prevention.

•

This new way discloses a whole Police, modern, attentive to the surrounding social problems and

with a social conscience.

•

The main goal of this contest was to bring the addiction subject to discussion whether through the

contestants direct involvement or through a set of awareness sessions at the associated schools.

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MIPP –Safe School

Program Teams (EPES)

Campaigns/Awareness projects

Project “Eu não Alinho”(Count

me out)

Target

Students from the 7

to the 12

grade, comprising public and private schools located in the town of

Lisbon.

Theme and requirements

The contestants, individually or in groups, should write the lyrics under the theme Prevention on Drug

Addiction, and adapt it to a known song or in case they wished so, to compose an original song.

All musical genres were accepted. The finalists would have to sing their songs live in a final show.

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Campaigns/Awareness projec

“100” Rótulos - Without labels Projet

The PSP as a member of the Child and Youth Protection Committees’BroadenedCommittee (CPCJ) is

involved in different work groups.

•

In this ambit and resulting from the work carried out by the committees we point out a work group

that gave origin to the “100 Rótulos”project.

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Within the primary and secondary prevention scopes, its goals are preventing or making an end of

situations likely to affect the Safety, Health, Education and Complete Development of Children and

Youth (under 18 years of age) and intervene in view of situations that might compromise the

harmonious development of children and youth.

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For the 2012/2014 triennium the group proposed to develop several actions such as:

Actions in night life/scenery 2012/2014 –“Noite 100 Vícios” -

(a hundred addictions night);

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“100” Rótulos - Without labels Projet

Joint Intervention

Campaigns/Awareness projects

The Lisbon Metropolitan Command has conducted joint police operations with other entities.

These operations take place in night life areas with a view to identify and prevent situations of

alcohol and other drugs usage.

Specific goals

•

To reduce consumption/abuse of alcohol and other drugs, by children, through joint police

actions with

CPCJ

Lisbon Center and members from the broadened mode, directed to shops,

restaurants and bars/discos (night life);

•

To reduce consumption/abuse of alcohol and/or other drugs through awareness

sessions aiming youngsters under 18 years of age and their respective parents/legal

representatives.

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