Superintendent Pedro Neto Gouveia has replaced Chief Superintendent Paulo Peneda as commander of the PSP Porto Metropolitan Command, the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) announced on Friday.
“The Minister of the Interior, José Luis Carneiro, has accepted the proposal to appoint Superintendent Pedro Gouveia as Commander of the Metropolitan Command of the Public Security Police (PSP) of Porto,” reads a press release sent to Lusa.
According to the MAI, the proposal was presented by the newly appointed PSP national director, Chief Superintendent José Barros Moura, and will now follow normal procedures.
Paula Peneda was appointed to the new National Police Directorate, MAI recalls, becoming the first woman to hold this position.
Pedro Manuel Neto Gouveia, 57, headed the operations department of the PSP National Directorate and is currently director of the PSP Private Security Department, a position he has held since 2015, the statement emphasized.
Superintendent of the PSP since 2014, he received a degree in Police Science from the Police Superior School, currently the Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna.
The new PSP/Porto commander also has a national defense course (2020-2021), the document said.
The resume also includes the position of Chief of the Vila Real District Squadron, Instructor of the Security Guard Course at the Practical Police School (EPP), Commander of the 1st Road Unit in the Traffic Division of the Lisbon Metropolitan Command from PSP. (COMETLIS) and teacher of the traffic discipline at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security.
He was also the Coordinator of the EPP Group Group and the Head of the Traffic Section of the Operations Department of the National Directorate, the Head of the Operations Department of COMETLIS, the Director of the Operations Department of the National Directorate of PSP, and the Security Attaché. at the Portuguese Embassy in Timor-Leste and reverted to Director of Operations to his current position, it also said.
Pedro Neto Gouveia participated in several technical working groups, namely the Working Group on Accident Rehabilitation, the Working Group on Police Heraldry and Emblems, and received technical and specialized training, focusing on the course of police management and strategy, the document adds.
He also received several commendations and awards, the message emphasizes.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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