In 2024, the number of warnings issued by the Police Headquarters for events linked to episodes of violence against women increased, “from 4,600 to 8,000 and this leads us to a negative reflection”. This was stated by the Chief of Police Vittorio Pisani, this morning in Catanzaro for the inauguration, at the multifunctional Police centre, of the protected hearing room «Il Nido della Fenice», in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Interior Wanda Ferro, the President of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto and the Police Commissioner Giuseppe Linares.
«It is a phenomenon – he added – which highlights a series of spying behaviors towards women who, however, have taken courage and started to report it. A positive aspect emerges from the fact that in almost all cases, after the police commissioner’s warning, the perpetrator stops his violent behavior towards the victims.” In the protected listening space, women can speak in a comfortable environment and with the support of a specialized team to avoid the phenomenon of secondary victimization. It is the first service of its kind in Catanzaro, created thanks to the institutional collaboration between the Police Headquarters and the Calabria Region which financed the project. «Today’s initiative – the police chief continued – is a very important initiative because it is building an environment that can convey a sense of humanity. We must not forget that behind investigative and judicial events there are human beings, women who are victims of violence. We must continue to implement every initiative so that a cultural renewal can allow us to continue to remember this day in the near future but not to have to remember any victims.” «Concrete facts with the rules put in place, with numbers, teamwork but above all thanks to the inauguration of a listening room for those who decide to report – added Ferro -. I believe this is an important action, even more so if carried out in the best possible way, i.e. with the accompaniment of specialized personnel and in a place that makes women feel safe.”
«Today – said Occhiuto – is a day of celebration. The institutions demonstrate that they are sensitive to the problem. But the sensitivity that we must build is also what comes after the complaint. The police and prosecutor’s offices can do a lot to bring the perpetrators of acts of violence to justice but the institutions must continue their work, especially the one I represent. I would like this opportunity to represent the start of a collaboration with anti-violence centers to understand how, after the complaint, we can build a context that favors a more peaceful life for women who have seen this serenity torn away by violence.” For Linares “it is a structure available not only to the agents but to the community so that the operators, together with the judicial authority and the anti-violence centres, can operate not only with professionalism but instilling empathy, trust and warmth”.