MIL OSI-C. Mediterranean Region: Portugal
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, said that in the next four years, the Government will have "about 22 million euros in investment in security infrastructure in the district of Porto, both in PSP and GNR, with eight new equipment".
At the inauguration ceremony of the new facilities of the GNR Amarante Territorial Detachment, Eduardo Cabrita said that the investment will be made in articulation with the competent municipalities and stressed that "in 2017 approval of the Law of Programming on Infrastructures and Equipment of the Forces of Security has determined a total page turn. "
The Government aims to intensify partnerships with municipalities in the area of security, which is "an essential asset for the Portuguese", added Eduardo Cabrita: "It is this vision of trust and partnership that we have throughout the national territory and that my a strong decentralizing conviction leads, moreover, to reinforcing '.
The new premises of the Amarante Territorial Detachment cost 1.25 million euros, constituting the main police equipment in a territory comprising the municipalities of Amarante, Marco de Canaveses and Baião, all within the district of Oporto, with a population of about of 140 thousand inhabitants.
The Câmara de Amarante provided the land for the construction of equipment located near the main school zone of the city.
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