· Of the total, there will be more than 1,200 Civil Guard troops who will guarantee “security and normality” and traffic control to avoid alcohol and drug consumption
· The device will have a boat, a helicopter and drones and a complaints office will be installed in the Main Post of Benicàssim
· It is “a maximum operation with which to guarantee the development of this festival reconciling security and celebration”, said the delegate of the Government
The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, together with the colonel head of the Command of Castellón, Ángel Gil, has presented the special security device for the International Festival of Benicàssim (FIB) 2023. According to Bernabé, more than 2,000 members of the Civil Guard, National Police, Secondment and Local Police, firefighters, health and private security personnel make up the security mechanism of the festival that is held until Sunday, July 16.
Of the total, as pointed out by the delegate, there will be more than 1,200 agents of the Civil Guard who will guarantee “the security and normality” of this event that hopes to summon some 50,000 people in the Castilian town. In addition, there will be a Maritime Service boat, drones, an Air Service helicopter and a complaints office will be installed at the Main Post of Benicàssim.
The delegate has pointed out that the members of the Armed Institute will carry out tasks of citizen security, research and traffic control to avoid the consumption of alcohol and drugs at the wheel. The reinforcements of the Civil Guard come from Valencia, Tarragona, Seville, Madrid and Logroño.
It is, as Barnabas said, “an operation of highs, of record, that will be fully effective with which to guarantee the development of this festival reconciling security and celebration”.
On the part of the organization of the event, three violet points will be installed that will have the support of Civil Guard personnel. Bernabé also recalled that situations of male violence can be reported through the telephone 016 or that, through the Alertcops application, anyone who sees or suffers from a situation of danger can warn the FCSE.
The delegate also recalled that in the Valencian Community, the Ministry of the Interior has established a total device of 7,860 agents for Operation Summer, 3,602 national police and 4,258 civil guards. According to Bernabé, this is “an historic maximum 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 for”. At the moment, the C.Valenciana has reached 14,800 National Police and Civil Guard troops.