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November 30, 2008
Success In Mexico
Mexico is having some success in fighting the drug traffickers that are causing so much trouble for Mexicans and their government. President Felipe Calderon and his government defended their fight against public corruption and drug trafficking Friday, asking for greater powers to go after organized crime. They conceded that most Mexicans feel unsafe and that many police are unqualified to do their jobs.And that is what success looks like. It is rather fortunate that the Mexican government is not failing. One point of success is that kidnappings are down 18% after the government broke up 53 kidnapping gangs. A rough extrapolation tells us that there were something like 250 gangs of kidnappers before the crackdown. Now down to around 200. And here is another huge success. They are testing the qualifications of police officers already on the force. In written answers to questions put to him by the National Congress, Calderon reported Thursday that half of the 56,000 police officers evaluated in a federal review failed to reach minimum standards. The examinations included drug and lie detector tests, psychological profiling and reviews of personal wealth.Well isn't that something. Only half are failing on average. Fortunately the failure rate along the border is not 100%. That would be a real disaster. It could be worse. And I'm betting that before long it will be. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 11.30.08 at 08:14 AM |
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Interesting. Here in US, nobody likes traffic cops, but police are generally trusted by citizenry. It varies of course, from locale to locale, different races see police differently, but they nearly always appear as impartial referees when trouble starts.