One of the main conclusions of the III Police International Congress, celebrated in Valencia between the 20 and 21, is that civic problems that lurk in every town – such as alcohol drinking on the streets, prostitution or noise pollution – must be tackled with transversal measures and require citizen awareness and a bigger legal support.  

The general conclusions presented by Miquel Domínguez, responsible of citizen security, which will be the foundation to establish a municipal Standard, state that it is the mission of c authorities, the university, schools and parents to deal with all these problems.

It is also stated that ‘local police forces are an essential resource, but not the only one’, and it is the education measures and citizen awareness what may be the solution’.

Being aware that erradication of these problems is almost impossible, and that their regulation is difficult, politicians and responsibles of police forces propose innovative actions, such as the demand to car manufacturing companies in relation to the gas escaping pipes or the substitution of the fines imposed on the youth that consume alcohol on the streets for social working tasks. The participants bet on the boosting of good habits within the family, school and university environments.

Policemen have expressed their complaint about the fact that they are normally left completely alone to face such problems. An increase of means and competence of local authorities is demanded in order to be able to act (to have a bigger punishing capacity). About prostitution the three possible models were analyzed: Prohibition, abolishment and regulative. However, for now, legalization of prostitution is not being considered.  

The local authorities will approve a standard about activities on the public streets.