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Local Police and National Police will carry out a "special operation" against uncivilized people and "tourists" who try to introduce illegal fireworks into the city or who use them.
Catalá and Bernabé detail the security plan for the festivities that will mobilize thousands of agents from the State forces and the city council.
The Local Police of Valencia and the National Police, in addition to the Civil Guard with inspections at points of sale, are going to launch "a specific operation" to pursue uncivilized people who use prohibited pyrotechnic material during the upcoming Fallas festivities.
The agents of the State Security Forces "in collaboration" with the Local Police are going to pursue and prevent the entry into Valencia of people "with pyrotechnic material that is almost impossible to find in the market" said the Mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá.
"There will be special operations," said the Government delegate Pilar Bernabé, "and the National Police will even carry out checks on people who may be carrying or using unregulated or uncontrolled pyrotechnic devices." The Civil Guard will also carry out "inspections at points of sale" to check that the regulations are being complied with in the marketing of "pyrotechnic materials and devices."
Along these lines, the mayor has acknowledged her "concern" that what happened last year will not be repeated when organised groups of uncivilised people went to Valencia, during the Fallas, to shoot and burn very powerful and illegal fireworks. This situation was detected above all in the Turia gardens where Dutch citizens were arrested who were carrying around 400 illegal firecrackers and rockets, of which more than 90 were very dangerous. "Last year we detected the presence of people, many of them foreigners who came to the city on tourist packages or with offers of experiential activities, who made use of prohibited fireworks that are impossible to access on the usual market, a material that is not easy to obtain here in any case," stressed María José Catalá. Faced with this problem, both the City Council and the Government Delegation, at the technical meeting prior to the Fallas Local Security Board held today, have designed these joint operations to combat these uncivilized individuals who endanger their lives and those of others.
Catalá and Bernabé have revealed the details of the special police operation for the Fallas, which will start on Sunday with the Crida. In total, more than 6,500 police officers will patrol the streets to guarantee security during these festivities, "which will be special," both authorities agreed, since the memory of the victims of the Dana and the tributes to the towns and Falleros affected by the flood will be constant. In any case, between the Local Police and the National Police and the Civil Guard, a record number of agents and work shifts will be deployed to attend to all the Fallas events. Thus, the Local Police of Valencia will assign 3,781 Local Police officers to the Fallas, "increasing by 834 agents compared to two years ago, 30% more agents working." This figure represents a new record, the same as that announced by the Government delegate who raised the number of National Police officers who will be working these days in the Valencian capital to 2,800.
The deployment of the National Police includes agents from the UIP who have arrived from all over Spain, "as reinforcements", and also from the UPR, in addition to cavalry, drones and anti-drone units, underground units and "plainclothes police", explained the Government delegate, who highlighted that last year, thanks to the work carried out by the State Security Forces, "crime in fallas decreased; there were fewer crimes of all kinds: robberies, thefts and fights", among others.
Bernabé also announced that the Civil Guard will carry out traffic controls "at the entry and exit points of Valencia" because "we have zero tolerance for those who get behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol or drugs." The controls on drivers will be especially "exhaustive," Bernabé said, and they will be punished in an exemplary manner. The deployment of the National Police will be especially strong on the occasion of the main events of the Fallas festivities and, in particular, "on the weekends of the Crida, on March 8 and 9, of course, on the 15 and 16, as well as at the mascletaes" and also at other events such as the castles or the cremà.
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Catalá and Bernabé detail the security plan for the festivities that will mobilize thousands of agents from the State forces and the city council.
The Local Police of Valencia and the National Police, in addition to the Civil Guard with inspections at points of sale, are going to launch "a specific operation" to pursue uncivilized people who use prohibited pyrotechnic material during the upcoming Fallas festivities.
The agents of the State Security Forces "in collaboration" with the Local Police are going to pursue and prevent the entry into Valencia of people "with pyrotechnic material that is almost impossible to find in the market" said the Mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá.
"There will be special operations," said the Government delegate Pilar Bernabé, "and the National Police will even carry out checks on people who may be carrying or using unregulated or uncontrolled pyrotechnic devices." The Civil Guard will also carry out "inspections at points of sale" to check that the regulations are being complied with in the marketing of "pyrotechnic materials and devices."
Along these lines, the mayor has acknowledged her "concern" that what happened last year will not be repeated when organised groups of uncivilised people went to Valencia, during the Fallas, to shoot and burn very powerful and illegal fireworks. This situation was detected above all in the Turia gardens where Dutch citizens were arrested who were carrying around 400 illegal firecrackers and rockets, of which more than 90 were very dangerous. "Last year we detected the presence of people, many of them foreigners who came to the city on tourist packages or with offers of experiential activities, who made use of prohibited fireworks that are impossible to access on the usual market, a material that is not easy to obtain here in any case," stressed María José Catalá. Faced with this problem, both the City Council and the Government Delegation, at the technical meeting prior to the Fallas Local Security Board held today, have designed these joint operations to combat these uncivilized individuals who endanger their lives and those of others.
Catalá and Bernabé have revealed the details of the special police operation for the Fallas, which will start on Sunday with the Crida. In total, more than 6,500 police officers will patrol the streets to guarantee security during these festivities, "which will be special," both authorities agreed, since the memory of the victims of the Dana and the tributes to the towns and Falleros affected by the flood will be constant. In any case, between the Local Police and the National Police and the Civil Guard, a record number of agents and work shifts will be deployed to attend to all the Fallas events. Thus, the Local Police of Valencia will assign 3,781 Local Police officers to the Fallas, "increasing by 834 agents compared to two years ago, 30% more agents working." This figure represents a new record, the same as that announced by the Government delegate who raised the number of National Police officers who will be working these days in the Valencian capital to 2,800.
The deployment of the National Police includes agents from the UIP who have arrived from all over Spain, "as reinforcements", and also from the UPR, in addition to cavalry, drones and anti-drone units, underground units and "plainclothes police", explained the Government delegate, who highlighted that last year, thanks to the work carried out by the State Security Forces, "crime in fallas decreased; there were fewer crimes of all kinds: robberies, thefts and fights", among others.
Bernabé also announced that the Civil Guard will carry out traffic controls "at the entry and exit points of Valencia" because "we have zero tolerance for those who get behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol or drugs." The controls on drivers will be especially "exhaustive," Bernabé said, and they will be punished in an exemplary manner. The deployment of the National Police will be especially strong on the occasion of the main events of the Fallas festivities and, in particular, "on the weekends of the Crida, on March 8 and 9, of course, on the 15 and 16, as well as at the mascletaes" and also at other events such as the castles or the cremà.
Las fallas movilizan a 6.500 policías con el foco puesto en combatir la pirotecnia ilegal
<strong>Policía Local y Policía Nacional realizarán un 'operativo especial' contra los incívicos y los 'turistas' </strong>que traten de introducir artefactos pirotécnicos ilegales en la ciudad o que los usen
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