Editorial: El Periodico

• Barcelona is facing a challenge of improving public safety and the perception of insecurity.
• Although crime levels are still lower than in 2019, they have increased in the last three years.
• Images of the five most active thieves in the city have added to alarm and feeling of unprotectedness.
• The action plan Pla Tremall has arrested nearly 300 repeat offenders and has decreased crime.
• The reform of the Penal Code, allowing effective prison sentences after three convictions, is a positive step
• Serving the sentence in open mode, using GPS anklets, can facilitate this reform without overcrowding prisons.
• To change the citizens' perception, a broad consensus is required among political forces.

Conclusion: Barcelona's safety lies in improvements in police and judicial action, as well as the necessary shift in political rhetoric. The presented approach seems to be effective, although it requires firmer support and action from all stakeholders.

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