Mayor Rafael López Aliaga launches process for motorcycle rental: What happened to his big campaign promise? | Citizen Protection | Municipality of Lima | lime

Lopez Aliaga pointed out Trade UNOPS (United Nations Office for Program Services) is tendering the motorcycles for which they already have terms of reference and launching an international competition to hire 4,000 motorcycles in the first phase.

“Acquisition is the worst way. For Rent, Owner Viewing. If the parts are broken or stolen, it is better to have a third party replacement.“The Popular Renewal leader pointed out.

A top official in the capital had announced that these motorcycles would be distributed among the districts, but it would take time for some. “As those familiar with international procurement know, bringing in thousands of cars or motorcycles of the same brand. It could take up to a year for the entire collection to be on the streets“Francis Allison, Mayor Magdalena said.

For his part, the opposition councillor Aaron Espinosa (We Can) He pointed out that there has been no concrete progress and to date the City Council has not been informed of the progress of the agreement authorizing the renting of motorcycles. Espinoza requested the creation of a special commission to monitor the deal, in compliance with the deadline, but Vice Mayor Renzo Regiardo insisted they rejected the offer because he accused it of “interference”.

“In the conversations I had with the mayors, they told me that there was no supplier of so many motorcycles for rent, that’s why the process was sung that it would take time,” Espinosa warned this newspaper.

Based on contracts

López Aliaga defends his administration with the agreements signed to date: with the National Police for 3,500 guards to reinforce patrols in Lima, but they are waiting for the motorcycles to use it; and with a private company for a video surveillance system with artificial intelligence.

The latter was presented last week by Vice Mayor Renzo Reggiardo. “This analysis allows us to identify the faces of people associated with criminal activity, at no cost to our administration, and includes the use of an application that allows citizen complaints.“He noted.

Using easy authentication is not such a simple topic. In 2022, The municipality of La Victoria was fined Directorate for Personal Data Protection, despite the fact that its cameras are not yet operational. In this regard, Regiardo said, the municipality of Lima uses public information indicating those sentenced – some 1,036 – which will be uploaded to the system, thus avoiding any violation.

As Regiardo explained, they have 200 cameras in Lima Cercato and they monitor more than 4,000 cameras in different district municipalities that have given them access through contracts.

The Deputy Mayor also mentioned the implementation of a reward program where S/ 2,000 will be given to citizens who provide relevant information. For this, an ordinance was approved and according to Reggiardo, the regulation will come out in the next few days.

and proposal A municipal police should be created? Regiardo recognized that changes in the law were required before creating an image through an ordinance. To date, the Congress of the Republic has a Podemos bill regarding the creation of a municipal police. Reggiardo estimates that the first promotion will be ready in two years.

López Aliaga’s administration began with an emergency declaration of citizen protection in Lima to speed up processes and investments, but efforts to date have been based on contracts with other institutions and private companies.