CATANIA – Last week saw the agents of the “Central” Public Safety Commissioner coordinate, within the consolidated module called Integrated Territorial Control, a evening service aimed at controlling the most problematic streets and squares in the centrerequiring a greater presence of the police.
In addition to the policemen from the police station, some crews from the Crime Prevention Department, the dog units of the UPGSP and the local police participated in the specific activity.
In particular, the streets around the San Berillo district they have been the subject of dynamic patrols and checkpoints to act as a deterrent, especially against predatory crimes against pedestrians and vehicles, both residents and tourists.
In via VI Aprile, Piazza Stesicoro and Via Maddem, control posts have been set up to intercept the main flows of vehicles entering the city and towards the historic centre. On via Tezzanothe objective was to constitute a deterrent to the exercise of street prostitutionwhich causes serious obstruction to road traffic, and respond to residents’ concerns about incidents of thefts and robberies against prostitutes’ clients.
THE road traffic controls they allowed the identification of 143 peopleof which 29 with precedents, and the control of 66 cars and 4 motorcycleswith different infringements of the highway code detected. Of these, 2 for driving without a helmet resulting in administrative detention of the vehicle, 1 for driving without a license with the vehicle stopped, 2 for failure to inspect and 1 license withdrawal. Furthermore, they were Checks were carried out to verify compliance with the hours of stay at home of 4 subjects under special surveillance and 4 on probation to the social serviceall found regularly in their homes.
During the service, the Central Commissariat Police Car has a person recognized in Piazza Risorgimento Italian from ’65, already known to the police force, while he was walking with his dogdespite being in the House arrest. So it was reported in a state of freedom for escape and, once the judicial police proceedings were completed, house arrest was reinstated.
