Control and supervision of the National Civil Police: Institutional study of the General Inspectorate of Public Safety

Authors

  • Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht Colegio de Altos Estudios Estratégicos, Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/rpsp.v7i1.4311

Keywords:

Police, discipline, control, supervision, comptroller, public safety

Abstract

The creation (October 2014) of the General Inspectorate of Public Security (IGSP) caused a series of substantial changes in the system of control, supervision and oversight of public security institutions in El Salvador. Despite the immense legal capacity to influence the quality of the police service, its training and the education of the Police, the IGSP, instead of becoming stronger, has weakened and lost prominence. This situation forces the public security authorities to allocate the budget, human resources and materials in accordance with the new requirements of the functions of the IGSP. This fact alone would reflect the existence of the political will to materialize a system of effective and efficient control and supervision, especially in current times in which the need to confront the situation of violence and insecurity can degenerate into a denaturalization of the National Civil Police.

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Author Biography

Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht, Colegio de Altos Estudios Estratégicos, Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional

Candidato para optar al grado de Doctor en Filosofía Iberoamericana (Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”), con maestrías en Derechos Humanos y Educación para la Paz (Universidad de El Salvador) y en Ciencias Políticas y Administración Pública (Universidad Tecnológica), posee múltiples estudios de posgrado en el Centro de Estudios Hemisféricos de Defensa (Universidad de la Defensa, Washington D.C.). Con amplia experiencia en el área de seguridad pública en la Inspectoría General de la PNC y el Colegio de Altos Estudios Estratégicos del Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional, donde actualmente funge como Docente de Seguridad Pública. Ha sido profesor invitado del William J. Perry Center of Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University (Estados Unidos de América). Ha  publicado numerosos artículos en revistas especializadas de Latinoamérica, España y los Estados Unidos de América.

Published

2017-07-07

How to Cite

Gómez Hecht, J. R. (2017). Control and supervision of the National Civil Police: Institutional study of the General Inspectorate of Public Safety. Police and Public Security Journal, 7(1), 173–236. https://doi.org/10.5377/rpsp.v7i1.4311

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Academic Articles