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Local police took stock of their activities in the period from December 20, 2009 and January 6, 2010, covering the holiday season, with a positive outcome rather than yielding an incidence rate 30 percent lower that which occurred in the same period in 2008.

According to the councilman of Public Safety, Javier Herrero, this shows that efforts by the City Council to increase police presence on the streets of the city has been essential for citizens to feel safer and deter criminals.

Of the 247 interventions conducted by the local police at Christmas in 2008, interventions have gone to 172 this year, focusing the most significant figure in the reduction of theft, both vehicles and premises, houses and people.

In this regard, 58 burglaries and thefts in 2008 has gone to 23 in 2009.

The only incidents that have dropped have been fights and scandals.

RARE FIRE ASSISTANCE

Firefighters interventions in Cartagena during the holidays, 92 in total, have been of little relevance and most of them, 22 performances have been for the fall or at risk of falling trees and street signs due to high winds have blown one of the last days.

Itervenido also in 27 fires, mostly inconsequential, and subsidence problems in old buildings and some false alarms.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena