Police reportedly shot in the air in a residential unit in Medellin

A serious complaint was made recently by the inhabitants of the Robledo La Portada neighborhood, in Medellín. According to the community, two policemen who were enjoying their days off fired several times in the air, apparently under the influence of alcohol.

The allegations indicate that the two police officers were consuming alcoholic beverages when they started shooting in the air in a residential area of Medellin, where children and elderly people are passing through.

Although the police arrived at the site last Monday, after citizens repeatedly denounced the bad behavior of the uniformed at rest, nothing apparently happened at that time as officials were prevented from entering the home of one of the policemen involved.

However, the Metropolitan Police of the Aburrá Valley ruled against the incident and assured that the respective investigations into these events are already under way.

The official also reported that the police officers who fired shots in the air in Robledo, Medellín, are attached to the department of this institution in Antioquia, so that the unit will be responsible for carrying out disciplinary investigations against the uniformed.

While these investigations are being carried out to determine the lack and degree of responsibility of the police officers for the events, they were removed from office, as reported by local authorities.

It should be noted that, according to the community, this would not be the first time that one of the policemen involved had this type of behavior. According to the inhabitants of the sector, on other occasions the uniformed person has had similar behaviors.

Police Patrolboat denounces that she was raped by her fellow institute

On the afternoon of last Saturday, April 2, another alleged case of sexual abuse by members of the Colombian security forces was heard. On this occasion, the patrol boat Dayanis Vanessa De las Saltarín, reported having been sexually abused by her colleagues in the Integrated Police Information System (Sipol).

The events were allegedly presented on Saturday, March 27, when the woman born in Puerto Colombia, (Atlántico), went out to a bar in the Restrepo neighborhood of Bogotá, with two uniforms from the institution who were part of the same specialty. The patrol boat made the public complaint through its social networks.

In her public complaint, the uniformed woman wrote: “nobody knows what I experienced and I honestly don't want anyone else to live it, today I decided to make it public, with the intention that someone can help me, I'm very afraid, afraid of everything that might happen to me and my family,” she said.

The most recent figures from the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation show that between January 1, 2010 and January 11, 2021, 249 complaints were filed against agents of the National Police. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, on the basis of these allegations, 212 officers were indicted; 109 policemen were charged with rape, 65 for sexual assault, 26 for aggravated rape, 11 for sexual assault with aggravation and one for rape with special circumstances of aggravation.

Data from the Attorney General's Office show that only 19% of cases reached a conviction. In this time period, 38 officers were convicted: 14 police officers for sexual offences: five for rape, five for aggravated rape, two for sexual assault and two for aggravated sexual assault.

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