More than 430 police officers will guard San Bernabé

More than 140 members of the Local Police and up to 290 of the National Police will make up the security device established for the upcoming San Bernabé festivities, which this year also has the peculiarity that they will include, within their calendar, with the European elections. on June 9.

The Local Security Board, made up of those responsible for the two police forces, met this Tuesday to coordinate actions. The mayor, Conrado Escobar, and the Government delegate, Beatriz Arraiz, later gave explanations on the matter and both started from the basis that La Rioja and Logroño are safe territories.

The delegate has indicated that, after comparing the data from these dates of the years 2022 and 2023, it has been concluded that, in the last year, the situations of thefts, injuries, robberies with force or acts of vandalism were reduced and “we hope to continue in that line”.

The device, in any case, as far as the National Police is concerned, will be similar to that of the last Sanmateos and will have practically all the available troops, with Tedax that will review the urban furniture, with the Mobile Brigade that will monitor the stations train and bus, with more Judicial Police agents to be attentive to the groups that go from party to party looking for cell phones and wallets…

Arraiz recalled the anti-terrorist alert situation 4 and the devices that will be attentive to processions and large events. In addition, foot and motorcycle patrols will be deployed throughout the historic center of the city. Given the greater influx of visitors during those days, there will also be the collaboration of French and Portuguese police.

For election day, the organization carried out coincides with that of the last 23-J, although a greater presence of plainclothes agents has also been planned in the vicinity of the schools.

As far as the Local Police is concerned, the deployment will focus on the Old Town area, festive events and the fair to, among other tasks, control street vending.

The mayor recalled that since January more than a thousand sanctions have been imposed for uncivil behavior and he has even recalled that, if instead of the ordinances, the citizen security law is applied, the fines can reach 1,200 euros. “Being uncivil can be expensive,” he said.

The alcohol tests planned each night will be carried out in coordination between the Local Police and the National Police in case situations of illegal possession of weapons or drugs also arise.