The Consistory establishes a plan that contemplates the whole municipality.
The unit will handle BRAVO town and neighborhoods, while the monitor UPROL villages.
These units are made by agents specializing in safety.
It is planned to complete particular attention to commercial to prevent thefts inside and to prevent occurrences of the same profile.
This is an operation carried out in coordination with the Regional Union of Traders Lorca.
July 9, 2012.
The Councillor for Safety of the City of Lorca, María Belén Pérez, has reported that on the occasion of the summer holiday period, and in order to ensure public safety in our municipality, the city council launched a special device for the summer.
Perez Martinez explained that the objective set by the Department of Public Safety leads to increased police presence around the urban area of ​​the city and in the villages, through increased uniformed patrols monitoring functions, advisory security, prevention and reaction to the commission of criminal acts.
In parallel to the deterrent and preventive action involved the police presence, the plan provides for an increase in contacts with officials of hotel, restaurant, retail, tourism offices, etc.., Because these are professionals who are more directly related to the population it aims to reach the initiative.
Within the same plan are coordinated actions with other agencies such as the National Police and Civil Guard, accentuating the preventive role in the use of road traffic in urban areas.
Delimitation of the municipality into zones to improve care.
Security Councilwoman anticipated that the designed device provides comprehensive municipal delimit our areas to improve care.
Thus, in the case of the town which will be monitored by the unit BRAVO, the distribution is as follows:
Centre Area: Old Town and center of the city.
Zone 2: San Jose, Alfonso X, The Vine and San Antonio.
Zone 2 B: San Fernando, Sutullena, Bank Holiday.
Zone 3: San Cristobal, San Diego and Apollonia.
Onsite Service will be held during the morning and afternoon shift, mostly in areas frequented by children and elderly, as may be the parks, gardens, playgrounds and outdoor sports courts, on the other hand, and night shift, those mentioned above, besides streets uncrowded roads and not forgetting those in which the greater the number of establishments.
In this regard it is planned to complete particular attention to commercial to avoid thefts inside and to prevent incidents of the same profile.
This is an operation carried out in conjunction with the Regional Union of Traders Lorca, whose president, Juan Montoya, was present this morning at the launch of the device.
The primary objective of this plan is to ensure public safety in Lorca, considering it is at this time when there are more empty private homes, because it is the longest holiday period and habitual.
To carry out this plan, establish the following services:
Static control devices, both vehicles and people.
Surveillance pedestrian parks, play areas and gardens.
Surveillance on different streets and squares, both commercial and uncrowded.
IDs, records searches, both people and vehicles.
Control and unauthorized hawking counterfeit goods.
Control of begging with and without children.
Control and monitoring of sale and use of illegal substances on public roads.
Surveillance and control of ATMs.
Information and assistance to citizens.
The device includes all villages.
Maria Belen Pérez stressed that this overall strategy of crime prevention includes all of the districts.
This plan is based on the continued presence of the unit UESCARM, 24 hours a day, in all the districts that make up the municipality of Lorca, and the performance of the unit that carried UPROL Prevention Operating Devices (vehicle controls and people) on all roads in the Municipal District, both primary and secondary, to prevent and avoid the commission of criminal acts, that will be established four zones of action.
Pedanías distribution is as follows:
1. - Valley districts of the East, from the old road to La Hoya Eagles.
Two. - Valley districts of the West from the same road to Almendricos, including the County of Torrecilla and Industrial Estates area Saprelorca and Peñones.
Three. - North Zone districts, including Serrata Industrial Estate.
April. - South hamlets, which includes the districts of Morata, Ramonete Garrobillo Lopez and Puntarrón Field.
The City Council Public Safety said that special plan objectives established for the districts are:
1.
To promote direct contact with neighbors and neighborhood representatives to gather relevant information on homes whose residents leave in the summer period and, in turn, inform preventive measures to be taken at this time and the guidelines to follow when detect any criminal act.
Two.
Monitoring public events where there are large concentrations of people with motives of parties or events of a similar nature in order to prevent public disorder and possible retail sale of narcotics or of a similar nature.
Three.
Special surveillance group homes scattered and isolated, and agricultural and livestock facilities to prevent and avoid possible theft of plant protection products, horticultural or livestock.
April.
Surveillance estates and industrial areas, mainly at night, in direct contact and coordination with those responsible for safety of such installations.
May.
Monitoring of recreational, sports schools, social facilities, gardens and public spaces frequented by children and elderly, avoiding unnecessary consumption of alcohol or other substances, and particularly the taking of bottles.
June.
Watch the commercial and community facilities, with regular interviews with traders.
July.
Market Surveillance to prevent and avoid committing thefts to its users and the sale of counterfeit or harmful products.
August.
Surveillance in the coastal area to prevent possible thefts or robberies and proper use and maintenance of public goods.
9.
Checks of vehicles and persons in the Municipal strategic locations in order to prevent and avoid the commission of criminal acts.
Safety Tips in the home:
Security Councilwoman recalled the main tips to citizenship for the holiday period that begins shortly:
Do not open the door to strangers, look before through its panoramic peephole.
Ask, at all times, staff utilities (telephone, electricity, gas, water, etc..) Is identified.
If not warranty service staff, telephone the relevant company, but rejects the phone number of the card to show you because it could be that of an accomplice.
If in doubt, keep visitors away from home, with the safety chain on, while checking the visit.
Avoid surprises.
If in doubt communicate with the Security Forces.
Close windows whenever you leave home, but only half an hour away.
Do not put on your keys any data, and pay attention when you make duplicates.
Change locks in the following cases: when installed in a new home, to live in a rented house earlier, if your home has been renovated and a worker has had access to the keys, lost keys forever.
Be supportive and notify the police if you notice something strange in the house of a neighbor.
Photograph or mark your valuables in order to be able to recognize if stolen.
Enter your make, model and serial number or manufacture.
If he comes home to find the door forced open or should not enter or alter any traces.
Communicate the Security Forces.
Make sure the garage door is closed, both as to come out.
Do not forget that the balconies, eaves, projecting walls, pipes, etc., Can be relatively easily perched by criminals.
Pay more attention to the windows and terraces close to these points.
Note that greater efficiency in your home security is achieved by installing electronic alarm devices.
Talk to a local retailer.
Do not have much money in your home, or jewelry, or valuables.
Do not operate the intercom, if unknown caller, you agree the safety of all its neighbors.
Moreover, the installation of video intercom improve building security.
In the presence of any person other than notify the Security Forces.
Take note of anything that seems suspicious or vehicle.
Do not evidence that the house is empty.
Make it easy for a contact number where we can reach you if something happens.
Check that all possible entrances to your home are closed.
Have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail daily, and home delivery, and if possible, have someone park in your driveway while you are away.
Do not allow objects of great value in the house, move them to a safe place while you are out.
When you leave your home, avoid fully lower the blinds.
Arrange for a trusted neighbor to watch your home while on vacation.
Leave the windows closed completely hidden places that give u more vulnerable (courtyards, uncrowded streets, etc..)
Safety Tips in public:
As far as possible, try not to walk around empty or poorly lighted.
Circle in the opposite direction to the motion of vehicles as far away from the curb, placing your purse or wallet to the inside of the sidewalk, so you can avoid the "jerks".
When preparing to use the services of the ATM, observe before around for if he suspects that could appropriate the money raised at the earliest opportunity.
If you have doubts about certain people, do not use the ATM at the time, or go to another that is nearby.
When shopping, do not get distracted.
Look carefully at the people next to you and not lose contact with her purse.
Note the essential characteristics of the aggressor (age, height, hair color, his facial features, nationality, accent when speaking, clothing, direction of flight, vehicle used, etc.).
The more accurate your information, the greater the chances of locating the offender and retrieve the stolen objects.
Avoid riding at night in a vehicle parked in vacant lots, parks, suburbs, etc..
Do not leave valuables in sight.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca