The government has analyzed the experience of Brazil in the use of taser guns and will launch the call for bids for its purchase in March.

In its plan to provide non-lethal weapons to security forces, the government this week tested the police equipment in Brazil and decided to open in the early days of March the public tender call process for the purchase of about 300 taser guns, model X26P.

Ministry of Security officials who lead Patricia Bullrich They went to Rio de Janeiro yesterday to evaluate in situ the experience of the state and municipal police of this city that has been using for many years non-lethal weapons to deal with criminals on the streets.

"We saw in Rio de Janeiro a unique and very interesting experience to follow," he said. Infobae a Ministry of Security official who went to the neighboring country with Federal Police and Airport Security Police personnel.

In this way, it was possible to verify that in all Brazil: Around 60,000 police use non-lethal weapons dealing with offenders on streets and public spaces for more than 10 years.

On the other hand, from the Ministry of Security, they explained that from the early days of March will open the tender offer process for the purchase of Taser X26P weapon model intended for use in Argentina. Although the final number has not been agreed upon, it is estimated that a first call for tenders will be issued for the purchase of some 300 commercial weapons. They have an average value of about $ 3,000 each.

Unlike traditional firearms, Non-lethal guns immediately immobilize those who receive an electric shock and generate muscle contractions for more than five minutes. These types of weapons have a range of 8 meters although there are shotguns with a range of 40 meters and at the Ministry of Security believe that this will prevent the risk of using firearms in public spaces. Some human rights organizations have questioned the use of this type of weapons.

As detailed at Infobae sources from the Ministry of Security, Bullrich's idea is that the market is "totally open, transparent and fast", so that no later than June, police can rely on these weapons at key locations such as airports, train stations or confined spaces where there is a lot of concentration of people.

There are currently countries such as the United States, Russia, Brazil or France that produce this type of lethal weapons that the Argentine state could buy. For this reason, the portfolio that Bullrich manages each of these and other embbadies has been notified so that their businessmen who produce the requested non-lethal weapons model are careful to join the application process.

Last December, Minister Bullrich announced that the government was considering starting to use non-lethal weapons for the federal security forces, which sparked a heated debate because it is a completely new equipment. new for Argentina.