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automatically check whether vehicles have been reported stolen or are subject to any kind
of restriction.
17.
The Buenos Aires Safer City Plan has also been introduced in order to provide
police officers with the technical tools they require to conduct their criminal investigations.
A modern Command and Control Centre located in the Central Department of the Federal
Police Force is responsible for overseeing the plan and monitors the cameras installed
throughout the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires as well as the dome cameras of 200
technically equipped patrol cars. The Buenos Aires Safer City Plan also provides for the
modernization of operational protocols and the retraining of police officers in the use of the
new tools.
5.
Other policies implemented by the Ministry of Security
18.
The Ministry of Security is taking concrete steps to guarantee full respect for the
human rights of all Argentine citizens. The measures taken to that end include:
(a)
Adapting police and security forces’ responses to comply with the Mental
Health Act, in order to preserve the physical and mental security of persons who pose a risk
to themselves or others and are suspected of suffering a mental health condition or being
problematic drug users (Decision No. 506/2013, contained in annex 1);
(b)
Following up disciplinary measures taken in relation to human rights
violations. Under this policy, the National Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of
Security collects information from various prison establishments on possible cases of
torture or institutional violence, collates the data and investigates the facts to determine the
circumstances, the type of conduct and the particular staff involved;
(c)
Establishing the Directorate for Monitoring the Causes of Institutional
Violence and Crimes of Federal Interest. The main responsibilities of the Directorate
include:
(i)
Cooperating with any requests arising from judicial investigations into cases
of institutional violence involving the police and security forces;
(ii)
Monitoring court cases involving members of the police and security forces
in coordination with other internal and external oversight mechanisms;
(iii) Participating, as required by the National Human Rights Directorate of the
Ministry of Security, in the design and development of standards and protocols for
the police and security forces pursuant to international rules on the use of force;
(iv) Proposing methods for optimizing investigations into cases of institutional
violence;
(v)
Collaborating with the National Directorate for Coordination and Liaison
with the Judicial Branches of the Ministry of Security in the design of information
registration, systematization and analysis criteria and systems for the detection and
monitoring of cases and/or investigations of federal interest;
(vi) Gathering information from the courts and Public Legal Service in
coordination with members of the National Internal Security Council;
(vii) Assisting in the preparation of reports aimed at gaining a better
understanding of the criminal motivations of members of the police and/or security
forces;
(d)
Ministerial Decision No. 1181/2011 stipulates that the federal police and
security forces must respect the chosen gender identity of transvestites, transsexuals and
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