The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, and the government representative in the Region of Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, has chaired this morning the Local Security Board sets the device to monitor the city police and the beaches from July 1 through August 31, coinciding with the largest influx of people into town, to which we must add the special events (Sea of Music, Med Cup, MTV, ..) and more than seventeen festivities held in our neighborhoods and county.
Tovar Gonzalez has announced that more than 400 officers from the Security Forces of the State are in full-time working this summer in Cartagena, noting that the 60 civil guards who came to practice last year and had to leave now, they will stay until September, reinforcing device for summer with a total of 117 active civil guards in the area.
Another development that has highlighted the government delegate in the launch today of the second phase of the fight against drug trafficking retail and leisure locations, which began in the vicinity of schools and now moves to the beaches and more influx of young people.
As far as local security concerns as the mayor pointed out, since the middle of last June are in the second level of monitoring device on beaches, which runs until 1 August.
At this stage it is up 15 checkpoints and 55 persons for civil protection, with 7 units at sea between ships and watercraft and 12 units on the ground.
Between 1 and August 31 will rescue device to the third level, the maximum.
The beach monitoring stations are 22 and rescue personnel will grow to 70 people.
At that time the council will have on the beaches, and other specialists, 50 lifeguards, boat rescuers 7 patterns.
These human resources must be added the materials, with 3 rescue watercraft, 4 rescue boats, 3 quads, 2 basic life support ambulances and 2 quick response vehicles, among other units.
As on previous occasions, between 1 and September 15 will become the second level of service and in the second half of September, the first level of extraordinary service on beaches.
As for the local police, the deployment increases, with a reinforcement of 11,000 hours, or what is the same, 1,360 additional services in addition to the usual device in the city and neighborhood and county.
The number of extra staff time per shift and fluctuate between 30 and 70 agents.
Police services will be supported by 4 quarters summer.
In the El Algar and Cabo de Palos, which are fixed, will join the foundation to be established offices in the Institute of coastline in the Azohía and grandchildren.
Thus, La Manga will have 2 patrols per shift, and there is 1 patrol duty in the Mar Menor, El Algar and La Azohía.
On Fridays, this device will be strengthened in the afternoon with 3 patrols in La Manga and Mar Menor 2 in the afternoon, and evening, with 4 in La Manga, 2 in the Mar Menor and one in El Algar.
Saturdays will increase to 4 the number of patrols in La Manga at night and 5 on Sunday morning.
Remember that the Local Security Board is the body that is responsible for coordinating the security forces of the State and municipal, such as the National Police, Guardia Civil, Local Police, Fire and Civil Protection.
SHORTCUTS TO THE DEDUCTIONS MANGA
The government delegate, Rafael González Tovar, says that the deductions to go to the La Manga del Mar Menor locations coming soon to a close, with the imminent start of the work of widening of the highway at the entrance to Cartagena .
The work is already awarded, affects a stretch of just over two miles and will not interfere in the movement of traffic that occurs at the exit of the city in this summer that the number of vehicles that run on a daily basis beaches.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena