The Local Police of Xàbia has closed its annual report. A balance with the interventions carried out in the municipality that, as expected, is marked by the Covid crisis and the control of prevention measures that have been adopted by the different administrations.
The police report for 2020 records a total of 8.174 actions compared to the 7.081 carried out in 2019, which represents a 16% increase. This increase can be directly attributed to the pandemic since the local body has raised 898 acts of infringement for different breaches in prevention against Covid: 545 of them are files directed to the Ministry of the Interior of people who broke the State restrictions of Alarm and the other 353 for violating the measures that mark the different regional decrees approved since this summer in prevention of contagions (most of them for not wearing a mask (236), but also for not respecting hygiene measures (45) or curfew times (56)).
Regarding the infractions classified as serious, there are 6 hoteliers who did not comply with the distancing in premises and terraces, 4 for organizing private parties or events that have involved crowding, one for breaching the capacity limit, two for celebrating prohibited activities and two others for not meeting sanitary conditions. There is also a complaint for breaking home isolation.
As for services not linked to the Covid, the block that has increased the most is that related to neighborhood disturbances due to noise (1.200 requirements), maritime incidents, fires and administrative complaints. 3.113 services have been performed compared to 2.181 last year. 297 of the complaint reports opened by the Police are directly related to infractions of the security ordinance and public coexistence (bottles, noise or consumption of alcohol or drugs on public roads).
Figures more in line with the average are those accumulated by services related to circulation and traffic (1.822 services), health, social, minors or animal-related assistance (1.416) and those related to citizen security have decreased slightly (1.698) .
The Local Police Headquarters wants to thank all the agents for the great effort and dedication to service demonstrated during a very complicated year in which - in addition to their usual duties - they have had to assume control and surveillance of all the anti-Covid regulations , adapt shifts and services to the health situation and compensate for the reduction in the workforce experienced by recent retirements.
The chief steward, José Antonio Monfort, has highlighted the role played by the police in the health crisis beyond control, both at an informative and social level, from telephone assistance to clarify regulations to the distribution of protective material, support for extra cleaning tasks or schools with the distribution of school tasks.
