Mayor Juan Antonio Amengual said "Calvia is and must continue to be the leading holiday destination in the western Mediterranean. For this reason, it is essential to guarantee the highest level of security both for those who visit us and for our residents. There is no tourism and there is no life in our towns and neighbourhoods with unsafe streets. Those who want to take advantage of our municipality and who come here with the intention of committing crime will be met with zero tolerance. There is no place
for crime in Calvia..."
Presently there are only four officers involved (the maximum allowed by the government) but the council hopes that as a result of the good results more officers will soon be able to be recruited.
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Morgan full of 💩 as usual. Most arrests in Magaluf for serious crime, robbery, violence, prostitution etc. are committed by South Americans, Eastern European and Africans. Brits are responsible for drunken antisocial behaviour. Which is worse? The guy is a moron.
Zero tolerance, yep full support it - but only four officers involved across all the resorts in Calvia…..what a joke, they will never make an impact with so few officers - I was reading the article and was assuming that this meant an officer or probably two in every hotspot throughout the summer season - but only four officers is unbelievable - presumably they work in pairs, it means that the area is massively under resourced.
Morgan WilliamsYou're right. According to some on here, especailly the pro Franco mentalists, 'it's all the fault of Africans and South Americans'. The sun shines out of the backsides of the English and they never commit crimes.
Marvin Le MartianThe thing is that Calvia (particularly Magaluf) has the highest crime rate on the island. At least from May to October when Magaluf is not mostly boarded up. So it's an area of particular interest. Most of the rest of the island enjoys a relatively low crime rate. With a few exceptions.. And despite the endless parade of "Brit arrested for..." articles published by this very publication, no doubt it's all foreigners responsible. Arresting Brits is surely just another unfair punishment of innocent Brits. And frankly, easy prey always attracts the predators, so why so many predators in Magaluf? Luckily, it's just a dot on the Southwest Coast. Yes, Arenal has its bad elements too, though it's even smaller than Magaluf.
A bit more info would be reassuring. 1. Arrested for what? 2.Who were they? And 3. what are the likely consequences? I have a deep suspicion however, that it’ll be something like: 1. Theft, selling dodgy goods. Dealing some crappy drugs 2. Dodgy African, South American or Eastern European types. 3. Released to carry on, until arrested again.
Any remote idea that criminal behavior is Ok and should be tolerated is Distorted and will dastroy the local business’s and the very soul of This Magical Island !
".....will be met with zero tolerance. There is no place for crime in Calvia...." Excellent. Now the gauntlet is thrown down for all other Mallorca municipalities to follow suit. The mantra being "there is no place for crime in Mallorca."