The update came after a meeting of the Provincial committee for public order and security at the prefecture.
“We will soon implement zones where controls are strongly boosted [with a significant increase in the police presence,” said Giannini.
“[We’ll be] starting from the areas of Termini and the Esquilino.”
The security and crime-prevention measures are also being considered in areas close to the Tuscolana station.
“These areas will soon be active,” said the prefect.
Giannini went on to say that “repeated controls will be carried out if there are individuals who commit crimes” or who are responsible for “behaviours or problems” affecting public order.
Giannini explained that security would be upped in new areas of Rome in addition to sensitive sites during the Jubilee Holy Year celebrations by “taking into consideration locations where crimes are committed as well as citizens’ reports”.
The initiative “will be limited in time and will concern a restricted number of areas”, he explained.
Measures implemented during the Jubilee are set to include the deployment of 700 security units in the capital in addition to those regularly operating to monitor sensitive sites and in particular the Vatican, Basilicas and the city centre.
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