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The judge of the federal court of the United States in Puerto Rico, Gustavo Gelpí, ordered today, Tuesday, a moratorium on all traffic jams executed by the Puerto Rico Police.
“Until a new court order, the Puerto Rican police will not block any traffic. The court therefore issued a moratorium on such a practice. “, reads the order issued by Gelpí.
Police Monitor John Romero suffered a motion on Saturday, May 12, in the case of Police Reform planting that interventions for masks inside vehicles could be unconstitutional and in violation of the Reform of Police. the Uniformed.
Following the motion, the monitor and the U.S. Department of Justice consider that there are no protocols and guidelines for intervention stories.
Romero indicated that he had asked the police for information on the protocols and guidelines for these interventions, but the documents received do not include a specific protocol on “the implementation of traffic safety checkpoints or posts related to COVID-19.”
Gelpí encouraged the police, led by the Henry Escalera commission, to immediately present to the federal Department of Justice, the federal monitor and the court the review of the traffic blockade policy “that conforms to constitutional parameters,” in accordance with police reform agreed with the U.S. government.
The New Day had resigned that even the director of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Department of Public Security, Miguel Candelario Piñeiro, had sent a letter to Escalera and other officials, expressing this and other concerns regarding the blockades.
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Following Gelpí’s order, the Commissioner of Police, Henry Escalera Rivera, issued a statement expressing that he would abide by this decision.
“Responsibly, I have ordered that the blockades be stopped until the one requested by Judge Gelpí is complied with. Although we understand that the NPPR policies governing Roadblock processes comply with the requirements set forth in our legal system and the requirements of the Reform Agreement, we will be subjecting them to be evaluated by the relevant parties, and to perform the necessary recommendations “, expressed Escalera Rivera.
“We will remain focused on conducting preventive patrols and the various anti-crime initiatives to ensure road safety and communities, especially during this festive season,” he concluded.
Look at Gelpí’s order: