More than 2,600 agents of the State Security Forces and Corps will be part of the extraordinary security device for Fallas 2024 in the city of Valencia. Specifically, the operation will be composed of more than 2,000 agents of the National Police and more than 500 of the Civil Guard.
The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, explained that, in the case of the National Police, the agents who are usually deployed in the capital of the Turia are joined by units from other provinces. “This is one of the most important security devices deployed in the Valencian Community,” said Bernabé.
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.)
In the case of the Civil Guard, in addition to intensifying the control of pyrotechnic products, they will increase the surveillance of the districts surrounding Valencia, the traffic of the accesses to the city and the critical infrastructures in their area of competence.
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, Mª José Catalá. The meeting was also attended, among others, by those responsible for the various security forces and bodies.
The delegate has indicated that “the objective of this device is for citizens to enjoy and participate in these days.” To do this, the different security bodies will work with maximum coordination to ensure safe holidays. Bernabé has encouraged the use of the FCSE’s APP, Alertcops, to immediately report any risk situation. Barnabas also highlighted the installation of the Violeta Points against male aggression and the reinforcement of the ODAM of the Commissioner of Abastos.