Athens needs preventive and continuous policing in all its neighborhoods
“Athens needs preventive and continuous policing, not only in the center, but also in its 129 neighborhoods,” the mayor of Athens repeated. Costas Bakogiannisat today’s meeting Municipal Councilresponding to the municipal parties that raised the relevant issue and what preceded the previous days with the Minister of Citizen Protection, Taki Theodorikako. The leader of the “People’s Rally” Nikos Sofianos spoke of a “quarrel” between the mayor, Costas Bakogiannis and the minister, “to hide” as he specifically said, “their responsibilities, which make everyone in their field, the wild . operation of the government “. The issue of the understaffing of the Municipal Police of Athens, was raised by the leader of the “Athens our Home” faction, Vassilis Kapernaros, emphasizing that while it had to have 700 staff, at the moment it has 450 to 25 of them . close to retirement.
Both the leader of the “Rebellion in the Neighborhoods of Athens” and the “Anti-Capitalist Overthrow in Athens” faction, Petros Konstantinou and Panagiotis Kefallinos, pointed out increase in cases of violence against immigrants in Athens by neo-Nazi gangs “, as they said, and for the others they accused the Municipal Authority claiming that it is” silent “.
Responding, the mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis, stressed that the Municipal Police can play a “catalytic role” but must be strengthened with staff and responsibilities. In this regard, he is in constant contact with the political leadership of the Ministry of Interior and expressed hope for results soon.
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