Definition of

public safety

Patrolman

Public security must be guaranteed by the State.

Public security implies that citizens of the same region can live together in harmony, each one respecting the individual rights of the other. The State is the guarantor of public security and the most responsible when it comes to avoiding alterations of the social order .

In this sense, public security is a service that must be universal (it must reach all people) to protect the physical integrity of citizens and their property. For this, there are security forces (such as the police), which work together with the Judiciary .

Public security forces

Public security forces must prevent the commission of crimes and repress them once they are in progress. It is also the function of the security forces to pursue criminals and hand them over to Justice , which will be in charge of establishing the corresponding punishments according to the law.

In this sense, we must highlight entities or organizations around the world that are responsible for carrying out the relevant actions to ensure that the citizens of a specific area or country are safe from criminal acts and live in harmony. Thus, for example, in Mexico there is a National Public Security System that, among other things, carries out the distribution of the powers that the municipalities or the Federal State itself have in this matter.

The year 1994 is where the origin of said Mexican organization is found, which establishes a public security policy, regulates the procedures for incorporating people into the security forces, controls the databases on the aforementioned personnel and also on the criminal statistics and executes all established security policies.

Agent

Police officers are agents who must ensure public safety.

The term in Spain

In the same way, it must not be forgotten that in Spain there are various entities that are not only in charge of developing policies and actions regarding public security but also undertake the improvement of professionals who work in said area.

This would be the case, for example, of the Andalusian School of Public Safety ( ESPA ), which daily undertakes the implementation of workshops, courses and technical conferences with the clear objective that police officers or firefighters, among other professionals, update their skills. knowledge and improve their skills in favor of a better quality of life for local citizens.

Public safety problems and their resolution

In general, large cities suffer from public safety problems, with high crime rates. On the other hand, small towns usually offer better security conditions.

This, in a way, is linked to massiveness, since the millions of inhabitants of a city become anonymous. In towns, it is less likely that a person can commit a crime without anyone finding out.

Public security also depends on the effectiveness of the police, the functioning of the Judiciary, state policies and social conditions . The debate regarding the incidence of poverty in insecurity is always controversial, although most specialists establish a relationship between the poverty rate and the number of crimes.