Hechos de inseguridad

English translation: Public security/safety issues

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Spanish term or phrase:Hechos de inseguridad
English translation:Public security/safety issues
Entered by: Ana Ribeiro

09:28 Sep 10, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: Hechos de inseguridad
...declaro y soy testigo de los hechos de inseguridad ocurridos a mi hijo...

Any help will be highly appreciated.
Ana Ribeiro
Portugal
Local time: 02:00
Public security/safety issues
Explanation:
I think this might work better in the context of a robbery (= seguridad ciudadana).

Public security is the function of governments which ensures the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against threats to their well-being – and to the prosperity of their communities.

Public safety organizations include law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services. The public safety issues that a municipality, county, state, or federal jurisdiction might grapple with include narcotic use, trespassing, burglary, harassment, juvenile delinquency, unauthorized living, noise, littering, inappropriate social behavior, inebriation, and other quality of life issues.

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-09-10 10:45:44 GMT)
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So, the target sentence could be translated something like this:

."...I declare that I am witness to the public security events that affected my son...

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:00
Grading comment
Thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Public security/safety issues
neilmac
4 +1criminal acts / offenses
Robert Carter
4unsafe incident
Antonella Perazzoni


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Public security/safety issues


Explanation:
I think this might work better in the context of a robbery (= seguridad ciudadana).

Public security is the function of governments which ensures the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against threats to their well-being – and to the prosperity of their communities.

Public safety organizations include law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services. The public safety issues that a municipality, county, state, or federal jurisdiction might grapple with include narcotic use, trespassing, burglary, harassment, juvenile delinquency, unauthorized living, noise, littering, inappropriate social behavior, inebriation, and other quality of life issues.

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-09-10 10:45:44 GMT)
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So, the target sentence could be translated something like this:

."...I declare that I am witness to the public security events that affected my son...




    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_security
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 207
Grading comment
Thanks!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: That is perfect!! Thank you!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean Shearer
38 mins

agree  Adoración Bodoque Martínez
1 hr

agree  Thayenga
3 hrs

agree  liz askew
3 hrs

agree  David Hollywood: I prefer "issues"
3 hrs

agree  AllegroTrans
10 hrs

agree  claudia bagnardi: as David
4 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unsafe incident


Explanation:
My try

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-09-10 12:38:06 GMT)
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unsafe incidents (in the plural)

Example sentence(s):
  • APersistently Dangerous School@ means a school that has five or more unsafe incidents for every one hundred students enrolled for three consecutive fiscal years.
  • “Unsafe incidents” means any of the following: The school suspended or expelled a student for a gun-free schools violation; or The school suspended or expelled a student for a crime committed on school property which is required to be reported under

    https://www.bcit.ca/safety-security/health-safety/reporting-an-unsafe-condition-or-incident/
    https://www.lawinsider.com/documents/gP8yPXs7X55#unsafe-incidents
Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 22:00
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
criminal acts / offenses


Explanation:
I believe the speaker euphemistically means violent crimes here (mugging, assault, extortion, etc.), possibly coached by a lawyer.

"I declare myself to be a witness to criminal acts perpetrated against my son."

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 19:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano: This is my reading too, but more intuitively than anything else.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Toni!
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