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Police in Guatemala will be equipped with computer chips to track their movements starting next year in a new bid to restore public confidence in a security force plagued by charges of abuse.
Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez said on Tuesday that the chips, which will be fixed onto officers' badges, will allow supervisors to track their movements and ensure they are responding to orders.
Police will also get new uniforms “so they can be considered friends of the population,” Lopez told reporters, without providing further information.
All police currently wear black uniforms, which Lopez said would be reserved for special forces and other elite units.
A GPS tracking device attached to police vehicles was used to track down the murderers of three Salvadoran politicians in Guatemala in 2007.
