Reforma al estatuto de vigilancia y seguridad privada como responsabilidad legislativa

Abstract

The activities of private security and surveillance must be understood as the ideal complement to the security forces, which constitutional mandate are intended to ensure compliance of the rules governing safety within the Colombian social rule of law, and seek to neutralize any threat or risk to public policy, understanding the latter as a essential element for the free exercise of people rights. Private security companies are then a vital support for the maintenance of public order, which allow them to consolidate a bond of cooperation with the authorities in order to avoid any act or situation that seeks to violate the rights of people. It is therefore necessary to enhance their importance and examine whether the existing legislation is sufficient to house all the actions developed by such companies, or on the contrary it is necessary to extend the regulations that exist today.