«Too many cars vandalized and stolen»

SOS theft and damage to Tall Carmine. From via Guadalupo to via Laspro, from via Cavallo to via Seripando, from via La Mennolella to via Calenda, it is a continuous occurrence of episodes of petty crime that do not allow residents to sleep peacefully. To the point that Teresa Rinaldi, president of the new Friends of the Neighborhoods association, has started a signature collection to bring to the attention of the police commissioner and prefect. The inhabitants of the area are asking for greater controls, but above all a video surveillance system that can act as a deterrent and restore liveability in a part of Salerno normally little frequented and therefore more exposed to risks. The latest episode dates back to yesterday morning, when someone decided to break the glass of a car parked in Via Cavallo. A few days earlier the same fate had befallen another parked car: some objects that the owner had left inside were taken away through the broken deflector. «And three times in two months they tried to make my son’s Jeep disappear – says Ermanno Minoliiti of the association – Unfortunately it is not an isolated case, because similar situations have been recorded for months throughout the neighborhood without any can find a solution. In the past we have already had meetings with the police asking for targeted checks.” Not even the apartments are spared: «Twenty days ago the thieves combed through an apartment in via Seripando – says the president of the association – And less than a week ago some cars suffered significant damage at the end of a holiday party. Erasmus students. Not to mention the Seminary park: technically it should remain closed in the evening, but instead, probably by climbing over the gates of some entrances, it has become the favorite destination for groups of kids.” Creating a disturbance to the public peace of those who live in the neighborhood. It is not a peculiarity of the upper Carmine, «and we know it well – insists Minoliti – But it is also true that there are more central neighborhoods where these episodes are limited, if only because there is more walking, and others less central and located precisely in the upper part of the city which, for various reasons, are left in a situation of greater abandonment”.

And from post Covid that residents are forced to deal with an unpleasant situation. «There are those who have put bars on their windows after having suffered more than one burglary at home – says a resident – ​​and those who have had to spend large sums of money to equip themselves with private video surveillance systems which, in any case, leave time that they find. We know well that traffic wardens, police and carabinieri are understaffed and therefore we ask for cameras.” The request will arrive on the desk of mayor Vincenzo Napoli and the municipal councilor for safety Claudio Tringali.

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