The police have announced that for the New Year holidays and the first days of 2025, there will be additional measures to maintain order and security.
"For the implementation of the tasks defined in the plan of measures, the State Police, from the morning of 24.12.2024 to 03.01.2025, will be on reinforced alert.
In order to guarantee order and security during the last days of this year and the first days of 2025, the State Police has drawn up a detailed plan of measures to ensure the smooth running of festive activities, to prevent incidents or criminal events, to to facilitate the increased movement of vehicles and the flow in/out at the border crossing points, as well as to prevent the trade and use of pyrotechnic substances.
Additional measures envisage an increased presence of Police services, full control of the territory, control of citizens with criminal records, their vehicles and the premises they frequent, based on informational intelligence, timely provision of information for the prevention of criminal events and for the capture of wanted citizens.
To eliminate long queues at entry/exit, measures have been taken, counters and human resources have been increased at all border crossing points. It is cooperating with counterparts at land points, with the aim of creating legal facilities, avoiding long queues and ensuring smooth movements on both sides of the border. In addition, control has been increased both at the border control points and at the green border, in order to prevent and combat cross-border crimes.
Measures have also been taken in the direction of preventing road accidents, by increasing monitoring on all road axes, with smart cars, automatic radars, smart drones, breathalyzers and mobile patrols with non-uniform vehicles, in order to prevent road accidents.
For the festive Christmas and New Year nights, as well as for the first days of 2025, which coincide with official holidays, there will be increased police presence in promenades, pedestrian areas, places of worship and public squares, in all municipalities of the country, to guarantee the smooth progress of the celebrations by cooperating with the relevant municipal police.
In addition, the Police structures have planned measures to keep security and order under control, in restaurants, bars and shopping centers, which have a high attendance of citizens.
In order to prevent criminal events, services and patrols have been increased in the vicinity of banks, foreign exchange offices, markets and other facilities where monetary and material values are administered.
The Police Services will be on full alert cooperating with local structures to intervene at any moment, if necessary.
The State Police wishes the citizens a happy New Year's holiday and assures them that it is fully committed to creating a safer environment for all citizens. For any case of illegality, they can report to the toll-free number 112", the police informs. (A2 Televizion)
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