Their aim is to “send a signal to the youngsters who use the garden inappropriately in the afternoons to play football or other sports”. He states that “in recent weeks there has been considerable littering on the ground, in spite of the fact that there are still six bins installed for the collection of rubbish”, and also “some vandalism”.

In other incidents, the doors of the gazebos, the door of the gas meters and the nets have been eighter ripped off, damaged or deformed. Nonethelss, Waldner pinpoints the act to different groups of young people, since the garden is regularly used by young people.

Waldner reports that volunteers often collected maps and even used condoms, which were left behind by intruders. Although the area belongs to the local parish the association is granted to overlook it.

“We have made the local police aware of the situation, asking for more frequent patrols, and we have received a favourable response. In fact, we cannot exclude the possibility that there may be possible consumption, at night, of narcotics: we found the cartridges, which can also be used to make normal cigarettes, but checks in our eyes are desirable and the Municipal Police command has granted our request”, continues Waldner.

Councillor for Decoration Massimo Asquini states “the patrol has started to intensify its rounds and we will ask the other police forces to carry out checks with drug-sniffing dogs. We are also waiting for estimates from the parish for the purchase of gates and video surveillance systems, so that we can assess together how to access regional and municipal funds specifically allocated for the security of parishes and churches, as has already happened for Sant’Ambrogio”.

Source: ilpiccolo.gelocal.it