Isabel Rodríguez encourages the residents of the province to download the mobile application AlertCops “for quick and direct communication with the Security Forces and Corps”

The subdelegate stressed that “we provide citizens with a free, useful, discreet and reliable tool to help people in emergency situations” A app allows to make calls for immediate attention, speak directly to the nearest care center through a chat, as well as share the geolocated position, among other services To publicize AlertCops among youth, 250 informative brochures will be distributed in the educational centers of the province, with the functions of the application and how to inform the alerts in case of need Rodríguez explained that the campaign includes a Guide of Action against Machista Violence and highlighted the importance of the app in the fight against this valuable instrument.

The subdelegate of the Government in Lugo, Isabel Rodríguez, today encouraged the neighbors of the province to download the free mobile phone application AlertCops “to reinforce and ensure citizen security, offering Lucenses a more direct channel with the State Security Forces and Bodies.” Isabel Rodríguez, accompanied by trainers of the National Police and Civil Guard of the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in the educational centers and their environment, and the head of the gender violence unit of the Subdelegation, María Luisa Castro, presented this Friday to a campaign of dissemination of the application of the Ministry of the Interior and the brochures that will be delivered in the schools and institutes of the province to explain to the students, families and teachers the operation of the platform.

“We provide Lucenses with a quick, discreet, intuitive and simple way of communication so that citizens can transmit to the agents a criminal act of which they are a victim or witness,” said the subdelegate who explained that the app allows to make calls for immediate attention, speak directly to the nearest center of attention through a chat, as well as share the geolocated position. In this regard, he stressed that “the objective is to offer a useful and reliable tool that can help people in emergency situations, taking another step to strengthen the relationship between security and new technologies as allies of citizens.”

To register in this application, available for all mobile devices, it is only necessary to register, providing data, and activate the XPS, thus ensuring fast and easy access to all citizens, both victims and witnesses of crimes. Robberies, robberies or assaults, vandalism, assaults, cases of gender violence, bullying, radicalism or disappearances can be reported.

Main services
At the application of the Ministry of the Interior it has the functionality 'Guardian' through which it is possible to share the location in real time with other people and with the State Security Forces and Bodies so that, in case of emergency or risk, victims can receive police attention more quickly and effectively. It also allows you to receive real-time geolocated security alerts and messages with security tips. All of this is available in seven languages and is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, by activating the 'SOS' button, an immediate warning can be sent to the 'guardians' designated by the user with their location and with a ten-second audio on the reason for the alert.

Information booklets in schools
One of the objectives of this campaign of the Subdelegation of the Government of Lugo is to publicize AlertCops among the youth. For this purpose, through the trainers of the Police and the Civil Guard who give talks with the Master Plan, 250 information leaflets will be distributed in the educational centers of the province, with the functions of this app and how to inform the alerts in case of need.

Action Guide to Male Violence
In her speech, the subdelegate highlighted the importance of AlertCops in the fight against gender violence, being a very valuable application to avoid possible cases and a fundamental help both for the possible victim and for anyone who observes a possible case. The campaign presented today includes a Guide to Action against Male Violence that agents of the Master Plan will use as an instrument to inform and sensitize students in the province.