
The Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto intervenes on the controversy of the Strade Sicure operation, asking that the use of the military is not only aesthetic but operational, suggesting to accelerate the reorganization of the Defense to combat crime.
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The debate concerns the 'Safe Roads' operation, which involves the use of Armed Forces personnel in competition with the Police Forces for the control of the territory.
Do you want to put the military into action immediately? As long as it's not just for 'aesthetic' reasons, to show off some camouflage on the street. If you then want them operational and, as some ask, you want special forces in the risk areas of the cities, alongside the police forces, just make it legally possible. So rather than a resolution, let's speed up the Defense reorganization plan and introduce the rules that are deemed useful to combat increasingly hateful crime." This was stated on X by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto when speaking about the controversy over the Safe Roads operation.

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