SONORAA Secure State for All

Ernesto Munro Palacio

Executive Secretary of Public Securityof the State of Sonora

Phoenix, AZ, June 04, 2011.

Content of the Presentation

1. Current Reality of Security in Sonora.

2. Equipment and Technology for Everyone’s Security.

3. Service to Citizens and Visitors.

4. Certified Professional Police.

5. Testimonials by American citizens.

6. Conclusions.

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Current Reality

In Sonora, each month we measure the behavior of the

crime rate in the 15 most important municipalities that

concentrate 90% of the population.

State Crime Rate Traffic

Light,April 2011.

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Current Reality

The system shows of the crime rate by neighborhood, time

and week day on which crimes occur, in order to thus tackle

problems forthwith.

Car theft in Hermosillo in

April 2011.

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Current Reality

The behavior of crimes is consulted on-line and in real

time, every single day by means of a network to which the 15

Mayors, their Police Chiefs, the State Chief of Police, the

Executive Secretary of Public Security and the State Governor

are connected.

All of this is done through iPAD equipment which contains

the application of the State Crime Rate Traffic Light,

Criminology Data Bases and other resources for

consultation.

iPAD with Traffic Light application. 04

Current Reality.Success Story: Nogales

Based on the strategies resulting from the State Crime

Rate Traffic Light, the municipality of Nogales was able to

decrease its Homicide rate 68% in the period from January

to April 2010 and January to April 2011.

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Current Reality.Success Story: Puerto Peñasco

(Rocky Point) In Puerto Peñasco, by taking into consideration intelligent

information provided by the State Crime Rate Traffic Light,

a strategy was designed that enabled to decrease thefts

83% from January to April 2010 and January to April 2011.

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Current RealitySonora at the National Level

Sonora is the only state in Mexico’s northern border

which currently is on green. This means that the criminal

rate in general, is below that of the national mean.

El estado más seguro de la

frontera Norte de México. 07

Current Reality.A Look at Car Theft.

The data for Sonora correspond to accusations filed before the State

Attorney General’s Office. The data for the states of California, Texas,

and Arizona correspond to the FBI.

Figures were taken for the January-June 2010 period, the most recent

available in the United States. In all cases, the crime rate is for every

100,000 inhabitants.

California

Texas

Arizona

Sonora

25 75 125 175 225 275

California Texas Arizona Sonora

Robo Vehiculos 239 204 187 87

Robo de automóvil

08Robo de Automóvil

Current Reality.A Look at Rape

In the case of this terrible crime, once again it can be seen

that the problem is not as serious in Sonora as in the border

states on the U.S. side.

Texas

Arizona

California

Sonora

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17

Texas Arizona California Sonora

Violación 17 13 12 5

Violación

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Current Reality.A Look at Homicide

The brave and frontal war which the government of Mexico’s President,

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, is waging against drug cartels has triggered

the homicide rate. The immense majority of these crimes occur between

drug dealer groups that are fighting for territories to introduce drugs into the

United States.

 Sonora has also been involved in the problem, but we have been able to

contain the situation.

ArizonaCalifornia

TexasSonora

1 3 5 7 9 11 13

Arizona California Texas Sonora

Homicidios 2 3 4 12

Homicidios

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Equipment and Technology for Everyone’s Security

In order to prevent criminals from having any advantage, in

Sonora we have equipped our police forces and prevention,

surveillance and combat areas with state-of-the-art

technology, weapons, and protection systems.

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Equipment and Technology

The Government of Sonora is strengthening its security

forces to prevent criminal groups from moving around in our

territory. We have 3 helicopters, one of which is armored

and equipped for rescue operations. We also have a stealth

airplane to survey the territory from the air, which is the

only aircraft of its type in Mexico.

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Equipment and Technology. The Stealth Airplane

STEMME Brand, model S-10 VTX (German technology).

Unmanned equipment.

Day/night vision cameras.

Infrared technology for thermal vision.

Video taping with integrated storage.

Real time transmission to the closest C 4 center.

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Equipment and Technology. The Armored Helicopter

for Surveillance and Rescue

BELL 260 L4 “Lone Ranger”, manufactured in Vancouver, Canada, and equipped in Piney Flats, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Technology and functions similar to those of the stealth airplane.

Aerial surveillance, rescue, follow-up and navigation equipment. Includes a winch for aerial rescue.

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Aircraft Video

Equipment and Technology

For providing service and protection to our visitors,

Sonora has policemen specialized in the provision of

Services to Tourists. These police agents are bilingual,

are trained to provide first aid care in case of an accident;

they guide and protect tourists, because their

responsibility is taking care of tourists’ needs.

 

Currently, the Tourist Service Police

operates in Puerto Peñasco,

Caborca, and San Carlos

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Citizen and Visitor Service

To report any emergency, tourists in Sonora can dial 911

from any of our 71 municipalities. Their call will be answered

by our local 066 emergency line by bilingual staff

066 911

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Citizen and Visitor Service

Eleven Control, Command, Communications and Computer

Centers (known as C4) operate in Sonora, besides 2 mobile

Centers that take care of emergency and anonymous

complaint calls. These Centers alert law enforcement

corporations, in order for the latter to take care immediately

of distress calls made by the population.

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Citizen and Visitor Service

The DARE program, which is very well known here by all

parents who have or have had school age children, is a

magnificent strategy to protect children from the danger

of addictions to all types of drugs.

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Certified Professional Police

Sonora is amidst the process of creating the new

Accredited State Police, with agents certified in trust

control, who are highly trained. This year the number of

elements hired has doubled. Most of them are professional

career policemen.

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Certified Professional Police

Municipal and state agents, as well as public officials related

to security and law enforcement are evaluated in the

Evaluation and Trust Control Center (C 3).

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Certified Professional Police

To match the professionalization of the state police, the

Government of Sonora increased their salaries and

benefits. The agents’ monthly pay was increased in over

75% and that of Heads of Groups, 50% approximately.

Sonora is one of the country’s three states that pay the

best salaries to their policemen.

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Certified Professional Police

In order to guaranty reliable and efficient

services to citizens, Sonoran policemen are

in the process of being certified as regards

the performance of their activities through

the ISO 9000 Standard. Furthermore, in

order to achieve excellence in police

service, our corporations will begin their

certification process by the Commission on

Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

(CALEA®).

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Testimonials by American Citizens (video)

Conclusions

During the last 6 months, Sonora has decreased its crime rates in an important way, through the sustained coordination effort among municipal, state, and federal police forces. No American tourist or visitor has been kidnapped or murdered in Sonora. Visitors can enjoy our nature, make business, or live here in peace. Sonora is a region full of natural beauty, activities, and tourist attractions that are especially important for residents of Arizona and New Mexico. We are the natural beach for Arizonan citizens. Places such as Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point), San Carlos or Kino Bay are close by; they are safe and feature all types of services.

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Conclusions

Currently, Sonora has better trained, better equipped, more reliable policemen, dedicated to ensuring the security of our citizens and visitors. Since Arizona is so important for Sonorans, we want Sonora to continue being an attractive and secure area for Arizona’s citizens. We are striving to achieve it day by day. In Sonora you can vacation, rest, enjoy nature, find new investment opportunities ... All of this is very close to Arizona and in a comfortable and secure environment.

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Thank you.Remember that you will always be

welcome in SONORA, a friendly and secure state.

Ernesto Munro Palacio

Executive Secretary of Public Securityof the State of Sonora

Phoenix, AZ, June 04, 2011.