The Coordinator of Neighborhood Associations of Girona (CAV) demands greater patrolling and that the Municipal Police staff be reinforced.
In a document entered into the municipal registry, the CAV states that the number of patrols at night should be increased from two to three during the week and up to four on the weekend.
This measure, he emphasizes, should also be accompanied by a reinforcement of the figure of the civic agent, so that he can be “a neighborhood reference” in favor of coexistence “in a key of proximity.”
The associations want security audits to identify the most unsafe areas and design proposals adapted to each neighborhood and they want to maintain dialogue with the City Council with at least two meetings a year.
The CAV is formed by the neighborhood associations of Barri Vell, Domeny – Pla de Domeny – Taialà, Eixample, Mercadal, Montjuic, Pla de Palau – Sant Pau, Pont Major, Sant Narcís, Santa Eugènia de Ter and Vista Alegre – Carme
After a process of debate and the meeting held with the mayor of Girona, Lluc Salellas, the Councilor for Security, Sílvia Aliu, the mayor of the Municipal Police, Joan Jou, and the inspector Ana Belén Martínez, they have prepared a document with proposals neighborhoods in terms of security.
Specifically, the Coordinator divides the proposals into five points. The first thing he proposes is to demand a reinforcement of the workforce that translates into an increase in patrols, especially at night. The idea is that they go from two to three during the week and reach four on the weekend.
In parallel, it also asks that the figure of the civic agent be reinforced in the morning and afternoon: “It must be a neighborhood reference, since it is an asset in favor of coexistence in a key of proximity.”
The neighbors emphasize that “their uniformed presence reinforces the perception of security in the broadest sense of the concept”, focusing on prevention, service and attention to neighbors, entities and establishments, medication and the collection of information. “
It should have a more continuous presence in areas with greater neighborhood attendance,” argue the neighborhood associations.
The third proposal is that a security audit process be launched, at the request of each neighborhood association, to identify the most unsafe areas and prepare proposals, both from the police point of view and from the field of mobility, the urbanism and coexistence. The associations want to have an “active role” of support and supervision, as those who know the reality of each neighborhood.
Points four and five address the relationship between the associations and the City Council.
The neighbors state that perhaps we should “rethink and redefine” the functionality of the security tables and propose maintaining a periodic dialogue with the council with, at least, two annual meetings that allow the proposals to be evaluated, prioritize them, analyze the statistical data and ” have a “feedback” on Safety Board meetings and the status of safety audits.
The coordinator points out that citizen security requires both having the necessary resources and working with preventive measures.
“The provision of human and material resources of the Municipal Police is a key element of security planning, and we understand that the provision must be sufficient to cover the ordinary and extraordinary needs of the city,” argue the neighborhood associations that emphasize, however, that this must also be accompanied by an “approach that is as comprehensive as possible” linked to community action.
