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PRIVATE SECURITY vs CITIZEN SECURITY. Gualdemar S. Jiménez P. SERPAJ – CIF Ecuador. Peace of mind Safeguard of physical integrity Protection of material assets. Visions of Security. Economic and social crisis - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PRIVATE SECURITYPRIVATE SECURITY vs vs
CITIZEN SECURITYCITIZEN SECURITYGualdemar S. Jiménez P.
SERPAJ – CIFEcuador
Visions of SecurityVisions of Security
Peace of mindSafeguard of physical integrityProtection of material assets
Security issues seldomly taken Security issues seldomly taken into accountinto account
• Economic and social crisis– In recent years, Ecuador has suffered one of its worst crises,
caused by the bank holiday– Total unemployment of 7 % – Institutiones are discredited
• Police• Justice agents
• Social inequality– The poorest sector of the population consumes 1.9 %– The richest sector of the population consumes 35,4 %
• Migration– 43.1% of migrants left behind children under 18 years of age– 50.08 % of migrants have some higher education
• Perceptions
FirearmsFirearms
Any weapon with a barrel through which a bullet can be fired
Any weapon or destructive deviceAmmunition
Problems and issues around Problems and issues around weapons in Ecuadorweapons in Ecuador
Presence of weapons in education centers
Area of transit to neighboring countries
Organized crimeIncrease in violence, rise in number of homicides with a weapon.
Production of homemade weapons
Lack of trust in the institutiones responsible for exercising justice
Trusts the National Police 2004
In 2006, 84.9% has unfavorable opinions about the police
Increase in the civilian population’s perception of insecurity; 70% of citizens believe that insecurity is one of the main problems in the cities.
Quito GuayaquilA lot 11 4
Some 28 24Little 35 28Nothing 26 34
Legal FrameworkLegal Framework
The Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials was ratified in 1999
Decision 552 of the Andean Community
National Legislation
Impact of violenceImpact of violence Greater circulation of weapons in civilian
society ITEMS Quantity
Civilian Personnel 22.342
Military Personnel in active service
13
Military Personnel not in active service
432
Collectors 105
Shooting,hunting and fishing clubs
164
Security companies 21.851
Public instirutions 1.123
Private security institutions 1.469
TOTAL 47.499
Larger presence of security companies
Year. Permits2003 95802004 88582005 10559 (in 10 mos)
TOTAL 28997
Impact of violenceImpact of violence
Social responseSocial response SECURITY COMPANIES BY PROVINCE
PROVINCE Co.
WEAPONS GUARDSAzuay 20 626 545Bolívar 2 33 66Cañar 3 108 117Carchi 3 52 68
Cotopaxi 6 60 99Chimborazo 11 435 756
El Oro 6 360 247Esmeraldas 6 269 593
Guayas 168 8850 10224Imbabura 12 251 468
Loja 7 294 192Los RíosManabí 27 718 547
Pichincha 372 14015 24973Tungurahua 11 518 818Zamora Ch.Galápagos 1 1 12Sucumbíos 1
TOTAL 666 26.590 39.725
Evolution of arms importsEvolution of arms importsTipo 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
Pistols 2521 2324 2479 3030 10354
Revolvers
1308 1108 1203 1527 5146
Shotguns
1890 1023 1432 2356 6701
Carbines 522 298 222 257 1299
Total 6241 4753 5336 7170 23500
ResponseResponse
Increase in police officers
YEAR POLICE RATE per 100 thousand
1980 9500 119,31990 10146 98,81995 14830 129,41999 21306 173,2
ImpactImpactD E S A R R O L L O D E M U E R T E S P O R H O M I C I D I O S
0
5 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 5 0 0
2 0 0 0
2 5 0 0
1 2 3 41 9 9 0 1 9 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
A Ñ O
H O M I C I D I O S
Intervention AlternativesIntervention Alternatives Decentralized technical system, interconnecting the
different bodies concerned with arms control to have a precise control of the weapons found in the country.
Collection of weapons held by civilian population Understanding that disarmament is not a matter of
removing weapons. On the contrary, it is a peace proposal that contributes to the construction of alternatives. These can range from conflict resolution alternatives to the proposal of extending care to those who are linked to certain spaces and who survive by actions that are outside the law.