It was a busy year for Sassari's traffic police. This is shown in the report on the activity of the Local Police in 2021 presented by commander Gianni Serra.
At the beginning the good news on the organic plant, which has grown by 9 units thanks to the competition held during the health emergency and now has 129 agents. The Sassari commander added: "Thanks to the new regulation which also includes physical fitness tests, we have also rejuvenated the body by 5 years".
The business grew last year. 1,015 accidents were recorded, the highest figure in recent years, with 10 deaths and 416 accidents with injuries. “We detect over 95% of road accidents in the area, with complete data and from these it can be deduced that 80% are due to distraction, often due to the use of mobile phones”. The triggers: lack of precedence (233, + 37%), distracted driving (177) and change of direction (93).
The “smartphone zombie” campaign has instead made it possible to halve the number of accidents to pedestrians (who are also often distracted by their mobile phones when crossing the road) which numbered 52.
The local police then carried out awareness activities against elder fraud by going to churches to expose the dangers.
Another growing figure, that emerged from the environmental police office "which represents an excellence of our body", underlined the commander Gianni Serra.
The numbers speak of almost 5,000 checks and a thousand reports issued. Thanks to camera traps, 500 violations of the law have been detected, often involving people residing in other municipalities who give waste to Sassari and abandon hazardous and special waste.
