Issue No. 1933
21 - 27 July 2022
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SAFE SUMMER
BENIDORM’S Levante beach saw the July 15 launch of Ali‐ cante Province’s Safe Sum‐ mer Plan. The presentation was at‐ tended by Benidorm mayor Toni Perez and Public Safety councillor Lorenzo Martinez, together with Araceli Poblador, the central govern‐ ment’s Sub‐delegate, and the provincial police commission‐ er, Manuel Lafuente. The police presence this summer will be reinforced with an additional 225 police officers seconded to Alicante Province from other parts of Spain. The majority will be as‐ signed to stations in Alicante City and Benidorm, but others will be allocated to Elda, Al‐ coy, Elche and Orihuela. During the presentation, Lafuente had words of praise for Benidorm’s SATE office where foreign tourists wish‐ ing to report a crime receive police attention in their own language. Toni Perez agreed with the commissioner on the impor‐ tance of sending out a mes‐ sage of “safety, calmness, con‐ fidence and approachability.” The mayor also emphasised that Benidorm was a town which looked after people.
Photo credit: Benidorm town hall
REINFORCEMENTS: Some of the officers seconded to Alicante Province this summer.
“But what we like even more is looking after the peo‐ ple who take care of us,” he said. It was precisely because of this that it was essential for tourists to feel that they were in safe hands. “Many visitors choose to come here because they feel it is a safe destination, over and above the climate,” Perez said. “And that is something
which requires effort and re‐ sources on a permanent ba‐ sis,” he added, emphasising
the successful collaboration between Benidorm’s National Police and Local Police.
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