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[*] posted on 5-17-2005 at 06:44 AM
Tijuana police transfer 12 officers accused of extorting tourists


http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050517-9...

By Sandra Dibble
May 17, 2005

A dozen Tijuana police officers accused of extorting tourists have been removed from their force's tourism division, the city's secretary of public safety said yesterday during a visit to San Diego.

"They have been isolated in a certain location so that they can't harass people," Ernesto Santillana said at an event promoting a tourism trade show set for Saturday in Tijuana.

The police force is striving to make visitors to the city feel safe and welcome, Santillana said. The steps include assigning more bilingual officers, the addition of video security cameras, and the removal of dishonest police, he said.

Santillana and Alfonso Bustamante, the city's director of international relations, were at a restaurant in Old Town to promote Saturday's Tianguis Turistico Tijuana 2005. The event is to promote the state of Baja California to the Southern California travel industry.

City officials expect that nearly 300 will attend the events at the Grand Hotel, a local brewery and the Cultural Center.

"The purpose is to let everybody know the good things that Tijuana and the rest of the state have to offer," Bustamante said. "We have had some bad occurrences happening here, and we'd like to show the other face that we have."

A cornerstone of Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon's crime-fighting has been the installation of 300 high-definition video security cameras. So far, 15 are in the Avenida Revoluci?n area, Santillana said, and the city expects to install 35 more this month. In two months, Tijuana plans to open a monitoring center for the videos.

Santillana invited tourists with complaints about Tijuana police to call the following numbers: From Mexico, 01-800-TIJUANA; from the United States: 1-800-TIJUANA. Bilingual staffers at the City Attorney's Office are available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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