New migrant landings, overcrowded reception centers, and mafia members on the way. Police unions are sounding the alarm. " Sardinia cannot become the 'Cayenne of Italy,' " forced to house prisoners under the 41-bis regime and support increasingly complex security services without, at the same time, adequate and structural reinforcement of the State Police force. This is the complaint from the Sardinian Police Union (SIULP) following the arrival of prisoners under the 41-bis regime at the Uta prison and in anticipation of further transfers planned across the island.
"The situation is already extremely difficult. When the other inmates arrive, it will inevitably be worse unless the state supports these decisions with an extraordinary and structural plan to strengthen security in Sardinia," says Giuseppe Caracciolo of the Sardinian prison union (SIULP) . The recent events in Olbia , according to the union, are a further alarm bell: "When situations arise that require an extraordinary deployment of staff, the fragility of a system in which the same staff are continually called upon to meet different needs immediately emerges."
The sudden arrivals of immigrants on the Sardinian coast, where citizens have improvised to manage a situation of absolute uncertainty and potential threat to public order and safety. And the list of responsibilities is now very long. The State Police must contribute to the management of the Monastir hotspot and the Macomer CPR, ensure public order and safety during the influx of tourists that increases the island's presence during the summer months, ensure surveillance at ports, roads, and train stations, and manage extraordinary services that supplement the ordinary activities of the Police Headquarters . Added to all this is a contradiction that the SIULP has long denounced: while security needs increase, key State Police facilities have been closed over the years .
" We can't keep chasing emergencies by shifting the same few officers from one service to another ," Caracciolo emphasizes. "Every new need risks being met by weakening something else. This is not the security planning Sardinia needs." The SIULP therefore welcomes the planned reopening of the Ozieri traffic police station, but calls on politicians to go further.
(Unioneonline/En.Ne.)
