After the last attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, the concern about the way of acting of criminals has led to extreme precautions so that they do not occur in our area of influence. The Subdelegation of the Government of Alicante convened a meeting of representatives of the largest municipalities of 20.000 inhabitants of the province, with the aim of preventing this type of attacks.
Those present were informed that today, Alicante is an area of low risk to suffer attacks of this type. The mayor of Seguridad Ciudadana, Javier Scotto, Was in that meeting after which, meant the possibility of placing fixed elements in the streets of the municipality that usually register more influx of people. The Calle Marques de Campo, and the Loreto street Where you could put these fixed elements.
Marqués de Campo street with open traffic would be more complex when placing these elements, although there are bollards that go up and down, as they are today.
Another area that most people usually congregate is the port area, so Scotto expressed his intention to speak with the General Directorate of Ports to see what measures can be taken to safeguard the safety of people.
Prevention in public events
The main emphasis was on maximizing security measures at the time of public events, such as fairs, exhibitions or concerts where crowds of people are high. For this, mobile elements, such as trucks, cranes. For the installation of fixed elements such as mobile, it is planned to ask the County Council to open a help line to subsidize this installation.
Javier Scotto, announced that before organizing a major event in the municipality, the security meeting will meet to establish the prevention measures to be adopted with the aim of ensuring the safety of all.
The one who has money saved will be in a hurry and set up a bollard company!