The Delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has chaired together with the mayor of Elx, Pablo Ruz, the local security board which has been held in the city to report the special device on the occasion of the Festivals of August 2023.
As reported by the delegate, a total of 900 National Police officers They will be responsible for “guaranteeing security in all events with special attention to those events in which a greater number of people are concentrated”. In addition to the functions of prevention and maintenance of security in festive events, the Safety at sporting events which coincide with the first ones.
In parallel, the Civil Guard It will carry out checks on the carts and access to the city to prevent alcohol and drug consumption at the wheel; and also supervise the gunpowder of the Nit de l`Albà. They are joined by the affective members of the city’s Local Police.
Barnabas has highlighted “the large troop deployment in response to the Government's commitment to security In our cities and towns.” In that sense, he has remembered the Increase in the number of police officers from which the Commissioner from Elche has benefited so much that she has passed from 385 to 409, such as the Alicante–Elche Airport Border Post which has expanded its staff from 77 agents to 106. Thus, “this government favored that the workforce be completed to 90%, one of the highest indexes of the National Police”.
The delegate thanked the City Council for the collaboration in the fight against male violence. In this regard, he recalled that the consistory receives from the Pact against Gender Violence 120,000 euros for the installation of Violeta Points that are “necessary at times like holidays when sexual assaults can increase.” The delegate has appealed to citizens who witness any kind of violence against women because “we must all be a violet dot,” she said. In addition, it has influenced the existence of the phone 016 against gender and gender-based violence app Alertcops for the reporting of any type of crime.