«A challenge» – that's how Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Almeida, the new Commander of the Territorial Command of Faro of the GNR, classifies his new position for which he took office this Friday, October 8th.
Carlos Almeida was the 2nd commander of the Territorial Command of Lisbon and came to the Algarve to replace Colonel Pedro Oliveira, who has been in office for two years and five months, in what he says is "the best unit in the Guard".
In his farewell speech, in addition to praising the unity, Pedro Oliveira also recalled some tasks that his Command faced during a period deeply marked by the pandemic, such as security operations for the holding of the Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix or the MotoGP.
On his way out to the general officer promotion course, Pedro Oliveira was praised by both the successor Carlos Almeida and Lieutenant General Santos Correia, Operational Commander of the GNR, who praised "its human dimension", the "ability to establish bridges and dialogues” and the way “in which he led the assistance to the populations” in the forest fires that affected the Algarve.
For his part, Carlos Almeida said that his objective is to «continue the excellent work carried out», because «in recent years, the Algarve has registered a decrease in crime. It is on this path that we want to continue».
After "two years with complex times, in which the Guard made an effort to deal with the pandemic, at this moment, with the third phase of deconfinement, an effort to readaptation to normality is necessary", praised the new Territorial Commander.
Among the priorities for his mandate, Carlos Almeida highlighted the proximity to the population, «through the reinforcement of community patrolling», Nature and the Environment, which deserve «special attention», or the «requalification of the barracks, whether through improvement infrastructures, or through the optimization of processes and procedures, which improve the services provided to citizens».
At the end of the ceremony, the new Territorial Commander of Faro, admitted to journalists that his coming to the Algarve is a "challenge", taking into account "the characteristics that the region has".
“There is a landscape, social and demographic heterogeneity. I'm aware of the difficulties, but I don't see another place where I would like to be more», he concluded.
Photos: Nuno Costa|Sul Informação
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