· Extraordinary resources are incorporated to the agents who regularly patrol the city of Valencia, in an “unprecedented” device, said the delegate of the Government
· To ensure the safety of these festivities, units from other provinces have also been displaced
· Bernabé encourages the use of the Alertcops APP for the immediate reporting of any risk situation
The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has announced that more than 1,800 agents of the National Police will be part of the extraordinary security device of Fallas in the city of Valencia. The delegate explained that this device consists of the operatives that are usually deployed in the capital of the Turia along with those that are incorporated in a reinforcement “unprecedented in the history of the city”. In this regard, Barnabas has indicated that in order to guarantee the security of these festivities, reinforcement units have also been moved from other provinces.
The plan includes specific security measures to prevent attacks, since Spain maintains Level 4 of Anti-Terrorist Alert. In addition, the National Police will carry out specific services coinciding with the main events of these festivities (crida, mascletaes, fireworks castles and Nit del Foc, flower offering, cremà, etc.)
Pilar Bernabé chaired this morning in the City of Valencia the Local Security Board on the occasion of the falleras parties together with the mayor, Joan Ribó. The meeting was also attended by, among others, the Subdelegate of the Government in Valencia, Raquel Ibáñez, and those responsible for the different security forces and bodies.
The delegate has indicated that “the objective of this device is for citizens to enjoy and participate in these days, in which a large influx of visitors is expected”. To this end, the different security bodies “will work with the maximum coordination to ensure safe holidays”. Bernabé has encouraged the use of the FCSE’s APP, Alertcops, to immediately report any risk situation, while announcing that this security alert service will be disseminated in homes or wherever there is a large concentration of people.
For its part, as the delegate has pointed out, the Civil Guard, in addition to intensifying the control of pyrotechnic products, will increase the surveillance of the districts surrounding Valencia and of the accesses to the city.