Barcelona demands jailing repetitive thieves: Barcelona asks for fewer fines and more jail for multi-incidents thieves: The mayor asks that the debate be opened between the different political groups when dealing with this type of criminals.
Barcelona asks for fewer fines and more jail for multi-incidents. The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, during the first Local Security Board of the new mandate in the face of increased crime - most robberies and robberies with violence - has asked that the debate be opened between the different political groups when dealing with the courts to this type of criminals.
"Do we have to ask ourselves why there has been such a sharp increase in robberies and robberies in the last two years? We know that among the main causes is a change in the judicial treatment given to these robberies, "said Colau. The mayor recalled last year the Guàrdia Urbana increased arrests by 15%, but those detainees "enter the courts, pay a fine and leave."
Barcelona demands jailing repetitive thieves
"That sends a signal that recidivism has ceased to be an aggravating factor for professional thieves, those who act in organized gangs, those who spend the day stealing from them come to mind to come and steal," said Colau. The mayor proposes that in order to "put an end to this sense of impunity", we must somehow "seek to re-apply to this recidivism."
For this reason and once there is a Spanish Government, asks to open the debate on whether to make this judicial reform. "It is necessary to deal already between the different political groups how a change is made in the judicial treatment of robberies with multi-incidents, but in the meantime we can not sit idly by," he concluded.
On the other hand, Colau has announced that the complaints office of Plaza Catalunya will reopen "in a short time", after having agreed with the Interior Minister of the Generalitat, Miquel Buch, who has also attended the Local Security Board.
Crimes in Barcelona rise by 9%
Barcelona has registered a 9% increase in criminal acts committed during the first half of 2019 (115,014) and an increase of 17.4% in arrests (11,322) and 6.8% in those investigated (35,597), according to data provided by Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Urbana in the Local Security Board this Friday.
The criminal data show that in the district of Ciutat Vella the criminal acts have decreased during the months of May and June, and this district, next to that of the Eixample, is where half of the criminal acts that take place in the city are concentrated.
Violent and intimidating robberies increase by 31% and, in this area, robberies with violence and intimidation in the street stand out, which grow up to 35%, while robberies increase by 8.4% and robberies with force in commercial establishments 66%.
The Local Security Board has also been assisted by the new deputy mayor of Security, Albert Batlle, and the new manager of Security and Prevention of the City Council, Maite Casado, in addition to the director of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Andreu Martínez, the Administration of Security, Jordi Jardí, commanders of the police and emergency bodies that act in the city and the dean of Barcelona, Mercè Caso.