Cartagena City Council considers that the survey published by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) on safety in the cities lack the rigor and seriousness necessary for publication.
Local government grant for the term of safe or unsafe in a city should be based on hard data and not on perceptions and feelings gathered in a survey.
Therefore, both the method and the results of the study have absolutely no credibility.
The City considered amazing that an organization should be seen as respectable as the OCU make public some contrasting data that cause serious harm to the image of cities like Cartagena which is well below the national average crime rate.
Therefore, from the city of Cartagena rejects absolutely the result of that survey and defends all actions and investments to strengthen public safety in recent years.The made ​​municipal government will consider legal action against OCU to prevent irresponsibly made ​​public studies or surveys that do not match reality and harm the image of the city.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena