"Thank you all for your solidarity. But that's not enough. Because after the uproar, the men on the streets remain the same. Less and less and more at risk. And Tuesday's attack could happen again tomorrow."
Luca Agati is secretary for Cagliari of the autonomous police union, Sap. He knows the group of the Hawks and the mobile squad of the Police Headquarters: he works there. And his colleagues are the agents attacked by a group of foreigners in Piazza del Carmine, during an anti-drug check ( HERE THE NEWS ).
An episode that caused quite a stir and unleashed solidarity and declarations, from Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi down.
Reactions welcome. But insufficient, for Agati: «What happened turns the spotlight on the activities to combat petty crime in the city. A permanent garrison does not solve the problems», according to Agati. The solution is "to implement the operational units that fight petty crime every day: work groups that have been deprived over the years of the units necessary to work in safety". The Falcons were ten. There are four left in all of Cagliari. Few.
"What happened is the result of the continuous cuts that security has had to suffer over the years", according to the SAP trade unionist, "to fight such an unscrupulous crime, young forces are needed, motivated men, and a congruous number of policemen".
Only the professionalism of the colleagues «prevented other people from getting hurt: the square was also packed with families. While suffering significant injuries, they brought to justice two drug dealers who, in order to earn impunity, reacted with unheard-of violence supported by other foreigners".
Therefore, solidarity is fine, but "security is not made in words, concrete actions are needed".
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)