‘Occupying a house is a crime, so we detected the robbers’

The news happens, but there are those who say that it is all a smoke. We talk about the illegal occupations of houses, whether first housing or vacation. “We have already detained several individuals who have occupied homes improperly. We do not run with them, stop them and present them to the prosecutor, ”explains the commander of a PSP squad, who prefers anonymity.

All of this is true, but how does ‘marry’ with perception – such a word in vogue – that people have? The sunrise reported the illegal occupation of a southern margin, which was then widely reported by NOW, which added a second case with the same family, where the police authorities, in this case to GNR, claimed powerless, because « the crime committed was not in the act. » «We are not in France, nor in Spain. Here, those who invade a house are committing a crime and we go there and we try to stop these people, ”adds the same police source.

It is certain that on social networks, and even on a television channel, there are international and national organizations that are dedicated to vacating the houses. The vacancy heard by TVI implied that they have done several ‘works’ at the request of emigrants who were aware of the occupation of their homes. This is because when the lawsuits enter the courts, police forces are supposed to be bound by hands and feet. But that’s not what the police say.

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The PSP assumes that in a recurring and usual way, accompanies and monitors, in different open sources, illegal activities and threats to public safety. ‘ And that, therefore, whenever he has news of invaded houses, his men are trying to replace legality, the same is true when they are the ‘vacant companies’ to take action – there are many videos of a Spanish company that says it operates in Portugal. « These types of companies and people may neither have nor authorization or valid registration with the Portuguese authorities, because this type of activity is prohibited (considered crime) in accordance with private security legislation in Portugal, » explains that security force.

«The exercise of any action of this nature carried out by companies from other countries or others in Portugal would automatically lead to its detention, in the act, or the survey of criminal news for its action in case it is not in the act. It is also worth noting that PSP holds, in Portugal, the exclusive competence of licensing and supervision of all private security activity, through its private security department, and accompanies all phenomena that relate to this activity, continuing their exclusive competences throughout the national territory ».

And the PSP really gives an example that was passed on Tuesday in Leiria, when “Disting, in the act of a 20 and 22-year-old couple, inside a residence. It should be noted that after telephone communication to the city’s PSP squad, denouncing the illicit that occurred – breaking the door of a housing – had immediately assembled a device on the ground that allowed the suspects to intercept in appreciation and thus avoid any possible escape.

As can be seen, the PSP seeks to act, as long as there is a complaint of the owners – which was not what happened in the media case of Ermesinde, where the owners did not accuse the ‘invaders’ of the occupation of a ground floor, and who ‘imprisoned’ the mother and daughter who were on the first floor. Whenever there is a complaint and the case is not in court, the pspgarante that holds the invaders. Returning to the case of Leiria and the Police Version: “Already at the scene, a police patrol realized that the suspects in appreciation were occupying the residence of which they were not owners, being the door of the residence with the fully damaged manure, causing large damage and, inside, some goods and belongings of them were already found.

It should be noted that it was also detected, along with that gateway, a shovel, usually used in construction, which was used to achieve the break -in in question, since the owner of the housing, who later attended, did not recognize it as being owned, being seized.

As is easily perceived, PSP, or GNR, has to collect all data so as not to fall into the situation of illegality, as there are lawyers involved in the ‘business’ and seek to take all the failures of police forces. Let us return to Leiria again. «In the light of the foregoing, after immediate formalization of a crime complaint at the squad, the suspects in appreciation were arrested and notified for court (housing was returned to its owner. The detainees did not attend in court this morning, ”the police report ended.

As for the police officer who is at the head of a squad, the conclusion is obvious: «Portugal is not yet the maid, in this matter, which is France. Hopefully we will not get there ».