The guardian agents of the local police of Seville intervened 10,628 pyrotechnic items after inspection of several bazaars in the city. Police inform school businesses of the obligation to request identification documents … to young people who intend to purchase alcohol, tobacco or pyrotechnic equipment. The work carried out during the holidays completes the prevention plan prior to Christmas and extends to the surroundings of the schools where they were educated. preventive discussions with more than 1,300 students Sevillian schools in which minors received recommendations and advice such as safety in places and party rooms, prevention of alcohol and drugs or caution in the use of pyrotechnic materials, among others.
During the various interventions, the agents carried out prior surveillance and were able to verify that the pyrotechnic equipment was distributed to children under 12 years old who left with products from these establishments without the company of an adult. It is good to remember that The sale of these devices is under no circumstances authorized to children under 12 years of age.. During the various interventions, more than 7,000 pyrotechnic products of categories F1, F2 and F3 were seized.
-F1 (very low danger but from 12 years old)
-F2 (low danger devices from 16 years old)
-F3 (average danger from 18 years old)
Please note that these items cannot be issued by duly approved establishments and they were stored without maintaining minimum security conditions.
Furthermore, two complaints were filed for exposure and sale of devices capable of releasing nicotine exposed without restriction to minors and 55 vapers were seized flavors.
The Seville City Council, through the Local Police and its Guardian Agents unit, continues to take care of minors also during the holidays. After intervention in the classrooms, the work of tutors now extends to the school environment. The prevention and awareness campaign among young people aims to prevent the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors and raise awareness of the dangers of handling pyrotechnic products. In addition, traders are informed of the sale of alcohol and pyrotechnic materials to carry out a comprehensive action involving all parties.
The prevention workshops-conferences organized in the centers focused on harmful and risky activities that can occur during nearby school holidays. minors between 11 and 17 years old. Recommendations and advice were offered such as safety, adapting their interventions according to the age of the schoolchildren. Officers warned of the dangers of using flares and firecrackers. In the case of high school students, reports have been made about the harms of alcohol consumption and its consequences, as well as the abuse and risk of energy drinks, with a worrying increase in their consumption, in addition to electronic cigarettes and hookahs. Energy drinks, with their blend of caffeine and other stimulating ingredients, have become increasingly popular, especially among teenagers. A consumption which is not trivial and for which it is important to know the associated risks. On the other hand, the little ones were also visited to give them advice on how to act in case of loss.
Objectives of the guardian plan
He Agent-Guardian Program began operating in Seville in November 2023 with the general objective of improve safety and coexistence in schoolsdetect and prevent antisocial behavior that may disrupt the normal functioning of the educational community and try to resolve problems proactively by proposing multidisciplinary solutions, applying mediation techniques to resolve public and/or private conflicts. The objective of the Guardian Plan is to achieve peaceful coexistence of young people, understood as a scenario in which young people can live and interact in a harmonious, respectful and violence-free manner, which must be considered one of the main objectives to be achieved by the various public administrations competent in this matter.
The Agent-Guardian program has in our city around thirty agents who received a specialized training for working with minors. This plan involves a series of coordinated measures and tasks that involve the different municipal services involved in the development of a local public policy which, from the point of view of prevention and information in the educational, family and social field, aims to contribute to improving the negative consequences of leisure and the conflicts that arise from it, making it possible and ensuring safer, healthier, more egalitarian, more civic and more tolerant entertainment for young people, allowing better coexistence between all.
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