August has come to an end. The most crowded month of Dénia, the favorite of most visitors, has said goodbye to return next year. Of course, with the hope that the pandemic of 2022 is already a thing of the past and to be able to enjoy the Dianense summer in all its splendor. Because the coronavirus has greatly limited summer life. Or not?
The truth is that the police actions of this August do not reflect extreme caution when living the August of Dénia. During this past month, The intervention of the Local Police has been as necessary as any other summer without a pandemic. In fact, it could be said that it has been more necessary, if possible, since they have had to deal with new regulations and limitations imposed by the health restrictions of the Generalitat.
The capital of the Marina Alta It has been one of the Valencian municipalities that has dragged for weeks a restriction of nocturnal mobility that did not exist a year ago (let alone the pre-pandemic era). This implies a extra effort from patrols to control compliance with this new and perishable law. In fact, according to the figures provided by the Local Police since August 5, some 175 complaints for breaking the curfew.
August has been very much alive, and in the streets it has been noticed. By day, Marqués de Campo, beaches, terraces, everything has enjoyed a full almost identical to 2019. But at night, despite the curfew that most people have strictly adhered to, if you wanted to seek life, you would also find it. Hence the high number of complaints.
Sand bottling tracks with the sound of the waves in the background
Where were the people when everything was confined since dawn? Mostly in Beach. It has been one of the favorite points for those who have wanted to ignore the rules and skip the curfew, believing themselves safe from being discovered. But the truth is that most of the time it has not helped them much. It has been an August carreers young people fleeing from the place where they were when they saw that the police had found them. And what did they do? In addition to various acts of vandalism that have been recorded, such as open and overturned wastebaskets, attempts to enter Red Cross posts and the burning of a proximity chair, especially they were dedicated to ingesting alcohol and leaving all the dirt behind.
The bottle has been a common practice on August nights, assuming more than 55 complaints during that month. Practically every day the police have had to intervene to dismantle these illegal hangouts. And regardless of the day of the week, it is easy to think that most occurred between Friday and Saturday. The truth is that no, that during the week there have been more complaints, having the record on Thursday the 26th when 20 sanction acts were opened.
Complaints for discomfort have also been daily, having attended 158 neighborhood complaints during the month and denouncing about 68 people for having loud music or disturbing the rest of the neighbors in another way.
Now August is over and everything indicates that from next week the nights will go back to what they were. But it cannot be denied that, although it has not been the case for the majority, there has been movement during the nocturnal summer.
