Salerno
A meeting of the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security was held this morning at the Government Palace to examine the projects presented by some municipalities in the Province of Salerno for the installation of new cameras with funds financed by the Ministry of the Interior.
The investigation carried out by the Prefecture concerned the verification of the admissibility requirements of the requests presented by 65 Municipalities, of which 59 today received initial approval, preliminary to subsequent checks by the Ministry of the Interior which will take into account a series of parameters, including which the crime index and not having benefited from the financing in the previous procedures, to arrive at a national ranking of the projects admitted to the financing.
The Municipalities that have received the Committee’s approval are:
Altavilla Silentina, Amalfi, Atrani, Baronissi, Battipaglia, Bracigliano, Buccino, Caggiano, Camerota, Campagna, Casalbuono, Castelcivita, Castellabate, Castelnuovo di Conza, Castel San Giorgio, Centola, Colliano, Controne, Giffoni Sei Casali, Giungano, Laviano, Magliano Vetere, Maiori, Mercato San Severino, Minori, Moio della Civitella, Montecorice, Montecorvino Pugliano, Monte San Giacomo, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Nocera Inferiore, Novi Velia, Oliveto Citra, Padula, Pagani, Petina, Polla, Postiglione, Prignano Cilento, Roscigno , Sala Consilina, San Cipriano Picentino, San Mauro La Bruca, Santa Marina, Sant’Arsenio, Sant’Egidio Del Monte Albino, Santomenna, Scafati, Serre, Sessa Cilento, Siano, Trentinara, Valva, and associations of the municipalities of Acerno – Olevano On the Tusciano, Caselle in Pittari – Buonabitacolo, Monteforte – Stio, Omignano – Salento, Roccadaspide – Aquara – Felitto – Castel San Lorenzo, Vibonati – Torraca.
Prefect Esposito, after having signed the pacts for the implementation of urban security with the Mayors of the Municipalities who presented the projects, underlined the importance of video surveillance systems as precious tools for the prevention and combating of widespread crime phenomena and predatory laws envisaged by the legislative decree of 20 February 2017, n. 14, converted with amendments by law 18 April 2017, n.48.
Furthermore, he highlighted the opportunity for Municipal Administrations to network also with regards to the use of video surveillance, in particular by associating themselves to present projects that embrace multiple municipal territories in order to position the cameras (preferably license plate readers) along the routes of access to larger geographical areas.
In this regard, already in this round 14 municipalities have joined together to present 6 supra-municipal projects.
Finally, he reiterated that to make the cameras more operational and effective it is necessary to provide for their connection to the operations rooms of the police forces and the use of license plate readers is preferable, just as it is important to provide funds in the budget to be allocated to the ordinary maintenance of technological infrastructures.
Of the Municipalities that presented the projects approved today, for a total number of more than a thousand cameras that affect the territories of the local authorities that participated, those that will be admitted to the financing will have to pass the selection that will be carried out, on the basis of specific criteria, by the Ministry of the Interior.
This is the joint commitment on the strategic side of strengthening video surveillance systems. At the same time, constant attention to the coordinated control of the territory continues thanks to the use of additional resources which are oriented, in a dynamic manner, in the areas in which particular needs emerge. In this context, as had already been decided at the outcome of the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security – held in Sala Consilina on 18 April – from tomorrow a specialized Operational Intervention Team (SIO) will be operational in Vallo di Diano in the control of the territory and in crime prevention activities, with particular regard to crimes against property.
