To counter the phenomenon of youth violence, the Treviso Police Headquarters has increased patrols by 40%. of cars in the city. Added to this are the interventions of the other police forces and the military of the “Safe Streets” operation as well as the crime prevention department. But, as demonstrated by the increase in violence in recent weeks that has reached its culminated last Friday with the attack of a 50-year-old in Vicolo Rialto by two boys aged 17 and 15youth hardship is no longer just a public order issue but a social one, even before a political one.
He underlined this forcefully during his speech during the annual event police party which took place yesterday morning at the former church of San Teonisto, il police commissioner Manuela De Bernardin.
The commissioner
The Treviso police chief returned to the hot topic of “baby gangs” without using periphrases. «The change in social dynamics no longer allows us to lull ourselves into the memory of idyllic times gone by – she said, focusing on the question of the afterlife of conduct constituting a crime which is promptly addressed with the instruments of criminal law the phenomenon that afflicts and so alarms this community, definable as youthful intemperancecannot be contained with police action but it must be addressed at the root, with a plan for the diffusion of the culture of legality and respect among young people”.
The hypothesis of street brokers
Also listening to his speech were some mayors (the deputy mayor Alessandro Manera was present for the Municipality of Treviso), the leaders of the other police forces and the prefect of Treviso, Angelo Sidoti, who, on the sidelines of the event, opened the possibility of employing “street workers” or “mediators” soon to open a dialogue with the kids who go to the Treviso center every Saturday and above all with those who seem more problematic. For his part Ca ‘Sugana will shortly convene the table with representatives of foreign communities and Mayor Conte proposed to entrust the most turbulent young people into compulsory civil service.
The crimes
During the ceremony the commissioner also reeled off the data relating to the last year’s activity, recalling the 53 street papers from the territory against criminals, i 29 daspo urban signed (with a ban on access to bars or public establishments) and as far as gender violence is concerned, well 140 verbal warnings for stalking (more than double compared to the previous year) thanks also to “a greater propensity to report victims”. «While crimes such as bank or post office robberies, which have become sporadic episodes, are part of criminal archeology – continued the commissioner – Frauds and thefts remain topical, especially against elderly people”. Finally, a mention of computer crimes with the postal police reporting 400 hacker attacks against companies in the last year. On the road accidents front, De Bernardin underlined the work carried out by the police, with 3 thousand fines for failure to use seat belts, 1400 for using the telephone while driving, 2800 for high speed. «Numbers that demonstrate a general recklessness» he concluded.
