It starts by immediately placing between 400 and 500 more police in Rome, Milan and Naples, but the Ministry of the Interior is also thinking of a “global project” to reform the functions of the traffic police, so that they can be of support in security interventions. in the city and, at the same time, give more managerial autonomy to mayors. The discussion table held yesterday at Viminale on the subject of urban security, in which Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of the Capital, Beppe Sala from Milan and Gaetano Manfredi from Naples, participated, in the presence of the heads of the public security forces and the Municipalities, for the Minister Matteo Piantedosi was a “fruitful meeting”. The public order needs of the three most populous cities in Italy were placed at the center of the institutional confrontation, the baptism of the “Forum of Metropolitan Areas”. From the security of the stations (“which is in first place among the areas of attention”, explained the minister) to the agitated nightlife and the beatings of the baby gangs.
And then the management of illegal occupations and unaccompanied foreign minors. A synergy aimed at identifying common operational methods, considering the analogy of the problems that arose. But Piantedosi is aware that the main need remains to strengthen the number of police forces. Starting this month, therefore, net of pensions, another two hundred agents will arrive in Milan, one hundred in the capital and the same in Naples. “The tendency is for growth but we know that the mayors are still not satisfied”, admitted the minister. “We want more,” began Beppe Sala, calling for controls on discotheques but also noting “a variation in typical crimes. The Milanese used to worry about burglary at home, while today they report robbery and theft».
In Rome, for Roberto Gualtieri, the priority is to be able to hire traffic guards “especially in view of the Jubilee, since we have 5,800 agents and should be 8,300”. A problem shared with Naples that “pays for years of reduced turnover”, underlined Gaetano Manfredi when asking for “a housing plan that responds to social fragility”, keeping them away from deviance and “at the same time providing assistance”. The mayors will return to the Ministry of the Interior in the coming weeks. The most thorny dossiers will be analyzed, two or three at a time, putting on the plate the solutions that have already proven effective in combating generalized crime.
Source: IL Tempo
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