Carrot and stick for the many homeless people who find shelter in the streets of central Cagliari .

The Carabinieri and local police, in a joint service, offered assistance to people in difficult conditions while trying to prevent dangers to public safety .

The operation, the force specifies, is conceived "with a view to an intervention that is not only repressive but also one of proximity and assistance " and also responds to "recent reports of episodes of urban decay and petty crime".

The patrols identified numerous homeless people who were offered the opportunity to use the reception facilities available in the area to receive assistance , spend the night in a bed sheltered from the cold and consume hot meals. At the same time, they issued three orders of removal and an administrative sanction, "made necessary in the presence of behaviors potentially harmful to the safety of the areas concerned" .

The goal of these joint activities, it is emphasized, is "to combine the need for an orderly and safe city with the duty to pay attention to the weakest groups of the population". And so we will continue to move, on both fronts: promoting support and stamping out potential dangers.

(Online Union)