· It will be developed until August 31 with a police reinforcement in tourist areas, an operation to react to theft and robbery in homes and will intensify the prevention of sexual assaults
· The delegate of the Government recalls that this operation also “will allow to increase preventive surveillance in airports, ports, hotels, beaches, roads, and above all, mass concentration”
· Pilar Bernabé highlights “the commitment in the defense of public security to defend the tourism sector, one of the most important of the activity of Valencian economy”
The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has presented together with the regional head of Operations of the Superior Headquarters of the National Police of the Valencian Community, José Luís Garau and the provincial commissioner, Vicente Martínez, the device of Operation Summer 2023 for the city of Valencia that this year will be composed of about a thousand troops.
The device, said Berrnabé, will allow the reinforcement of the units to increase the police presence in tourist areas in prevention of terrorist acts. At the same time, the prevention and reaction against theft and burglary in homes will be increased and the prevention of sexual assaults in summer will be intensified.
Bernabé has indicated that Operation Summer allows “to increase security in cities such as València, with a large influx of tourism”. In addition, according to the delegate, “it facilitates quick and effective care for victims of crime and monitors and controls airports, ports, hotels, beaches, roads, and above all, mass concentration.”
This device demonstrates, the delegate said, “the commitment in the defense of public security to defend the tourism sector, one of the most important of the activity of Valencian economy”.
In the Valencian Community, the Ministry of the Interior has established a total of 7,860 agents for Operation Summer, 3,602 national police and 4,258 civil guards. In the case of the province of Valencia, the total number of personnel for the summer operation is 3,977, of which 1,906 are agents of the Civil Guard and 2,071 of the National Police. According to Bernabé, this is “an historic peak that has materialized thanks to the increase in the number of State Security Forces and Corps personnel favored by the five public employment offers called”. At the moment, the C.Valenciana has “the record number” of 14,800 National Police and Civil Guard personnel.