SANREMO, 01 FEB – With the alarm of possible actions by anarchists, for the Cospito case, the Sanremo Festival locks itself up. Checks with metal detectors at the gates of the “red zone” around the Ariston, special units, including crime prevention departments; anti-terrorism units and cyber security specialists, use of public video surveillance cameras, checks at sea for Costa Smeralda and more surveillance with an additional 150 units per day in addition to the 100 men already present. “The device has been strengthened regardless of a specific alert to ensure the safety of the event,” commissioner Giuseppe Peritore told ANSA. The device was made official in the meeting of the Committee for public order and safety, chaired by the new prefect Valerio Massimo Romeo, which was followed by a technical table at the police station coordinated by the questore Peritore. “During the technical table – says the commissioner – the use of reinforcement devices made available by the public safety department was evaluated. These are 150 men who add to the one hundred employees at a territorial level, including the police, carabinieri and financial police”. “The system is based on the intensification and control of the territory with a fixed and reinforced presence on the objectives where the demonstrations take place. For the management of the operations, a crisis unit was active, in the police station in Sanremo, with representatives of all the police forces and members of Rai “. (HANDLE).
(ANSA)
