Costa Rica’s Police Fleet Crisis Threatens Patrols Across the Country

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Costa Rica faces a policing crisis as approximately 1,500 police vehicles are out of service, severely impacting patrol capabilities across the country. The Ministry of Public Security reported many of the remaining vehicles are also mechanically unreliable, complicating public security efforts.

Costa Rica’s public security strategy is running into a basic problem: police do not have enough working vehicles to patrol the country. Security Minister Gerald Campos acknowledged that the Ministry of Public Security has about 1,500 mobile units out of service, while many of the roughly 2,000 vehicles that remain in operation also have mechanical […] The post Costa Rica’s Police Fleet Crisis Threatens Patrols Across the Country appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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