Abstract

PAEZ MURILLO, Carlos Augusto; SANDOVAL GARRIDO, Luis Eduardo  and  PEON ESCALANTE, Ignacio Enrique. A systemic description of the national model of community surveillance by quadrants in Bogotá. Rev. Cient. Gen. José María Córdova [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.30, pp.307-331.  Epub Dec 05, 2020. ISSN 1900-6586.  https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.591.

This article evaluates the performance of the National Model of Community Surveillance by Quadrants in the city of Bogotá. This strategy of territorial control, implemented by the National Police of Colombia, was evaluated using a systemic approach, employing the viable system model and self-transformation methodology. Unstructured interviews with retired police officers and consultation of secondary sources were used to determine the following: identity, levels of the recursive organization, structural strategy, and diagnosis. The results show that this model promotes an inclusive and flexible policing service, with a specific structure of primary processes, roles, mechanisms, and levels. It promotes a better understanding of community interactions and, ultimately, better results in the institutional objectives of security and coexistence.

Keywords : community participation; crime prevention; internal security; National Police of Colombia; self-transformation; viable system model.

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