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U.S. anon. tip hotline to report Mexican crimes... (866) 201-5060
Mexican government officials announced a new toll-free hotline yesterday that will allow crime victims or witnesses to crimes in Baja California to
call from the United States with anonymous tips for law enforcement in Mexico.
The hotline, at (866) 201-5060, is a service of the Baja California state government and is running. According to Alberto Diaz GonzAlez, a spokesman
for the Mexican consulate in San Diego, caller identification will be blocked, so there will be no record of who calls. No personal information will
be taken, he said, only the caller's statement.
According to a government leaflet, the hotline will be staffed 24 hours a day and may be dialed toll-free from anywhere in the United States,
including Hawaii and Alaska, as well as from Puerto Rico.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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DENNIS
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I wonder why it's not up and running in Mexico. Probably because the public would never believe it's a safe thing to do.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I wonder why it's not up and running in Mexico. Probably because the public would never believe it's a safe thing to do. |
If it was up and running in Mexico- the police might be endangered by actually going to the scene of a crime in progress. Americans will make the
call- Mexicans will never trust that the system is not traceable.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
If it was up and running in Mexico- the police might be endangered by actually going to the scene of a crime in progress..........
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True, but that is a training issue
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It's been up and running in México for a few years, the number is 089 wich is were the toll free calls from 866 201-5060 are forwarded to. This new
toll free number is just extending 089 to the US. It is called "programa nacional de denuncia anonima".
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I feel much safer!!!
There should be some kind of record of the caller. What if the hotline caller is setting one up? Whoops.... there is no record of a caller!?
I never thought this way until we were set up by a hotline call. Now I feel it is a system that has to have checks and balances. It is a system
designed to protect but can easily be abused.
Does the abusing caller have impunity?
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
If it was up and running in Mexico- the police might be endangered by actually going to the scene of a crime in progress..........
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True, but that is a training issue |
you must be using a very broad defintion of "training"
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Nope...."normal and usual" police training warns against driving or responding directly into an event......and I realize that Mexico may not follow
"normal" police training ........
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Does anything the Mexican Government does make you guys happy?
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Nope...."normal and usual" police training warns against driving or responding directly into an event......and I realize that Mexico may not follow
"normal" police training ........ |
Actually I hope no one follows that protocol. What's the point of even having police if they are only willing to show up after a crime and not engage
the crimnals in the act? Are you sure that's the way officers are trained? Same for SWAT?
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I hope not also.....you are trained not to drive into the middle of an ongoing situation....you assess and approach from the perimeter.........new
tactics being developed everyday including active assailant response......but again, I'm not sure other countries or agencies train that way......I
know that "most" Mexican street cops have inadequate equipment and training and insufficient pay.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
insufficient pay. |
I wonder if they report all of it........I mean, you know, for tax purposes. 
OOOOPS...There I go again, forgetting the little laughing heads. Don't want to be misunderstood any more than I am.
[Edited on 5-22-2009 by DENNIS]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
It's been up and running in México for a few years, the number is 089 wich is were the toll free calls from 866 201-5060 are forwarded to. This new
toll free number is just extending 089 to the US. It is called "programa nacional de denuncia anonima". |
I frequently hear ads on Mexican radio for this service.
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If it's been up and running for two years- then it's really not working- is it?
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If it's working or not would it make a difference to you?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
Does anything the Mexican Government does make you guys happy? |
Nothing anyone does can make them happy, even their mothers gave up.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
Does anything the Mexican Government does make you guys happy? |
Nothing anyone does can make them happy, even their mothers gave up. |
Huh? Did I miss something new and smart the Mexican government has done so I can celebrate? I mean besides breaking those 50 narcos out of maximum
security prison last week? The video of that event on the Today show was amazing. The guards actually helped and it was so calm and organized that it
looked like the 50 escapees were just shuffling off to the cafeteria for lunch...
Expanding a two year old failed program to a second country doesn't make it new, better or an improvement over doing nothing at all actually. Maybe
in Mexico doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result is seen as progress- in the rest of the world it is the definition of
insanity.
Maybe they are hoping Mexican victims will sneek across the border, file their report against their police, and then sneak back home.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
Did I miss something new and smart the Mexican government has done so I can celebrate? |
The day the mexican or any government does anything just for you to celebrate, than that would be a failed state.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
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Did I miss something new and smart the Mexican government has done so I can celebrate? |
The day the mexican or any government does anything just for you to celebrate, than that would be a failed state. |
Funny- Obama's unexpected stimulus agenda has me celebrating even in these tough and uncertain economic times. He's throwing $billions at high-speed
rail, alternative energy development, utility infrastructure, health care, retooling factories, and education. All those keep or create jobs. What
is Mexcio doing to cushion the financial blow for Mexican workers right now? Anything?
The Mexican economy is getting hammered... no regular cruise ships for another three weeks (and don't they switch to Alaska cruises in summer months
anyway?) , touirsm dollars virtually gone everywhere, a huge trade deficit, and remittances are way down. I don't know how PeMex is doing and that's
the only income left that can help Mexico. They've put everything they have into keeping the peso propped up. Neighborhhood security is already
deteriorating fast and petty crrimes are up as more people have their hours cut or lose their jobs. No peace at home as every barrio has a new group
of thugs in charge placed by the new narcos in charge and they aren't playing nicey-nice with their neighbors. I don't understand what could prevent
Mexico from becoming a failed state at this point. Oh yeah- that toll free number!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
[ I don't know how PeMex is doing and that's the only income left that can help Mexico. |
I heard on the news while getting kids ready for school that its down 60%!
here's a link ouch
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/599507.html
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