Pruszcz Gdański invests in safety

Pruszcz Gdański which is a town with almost 30 thousand inhabitants has always had an opinion of a safe and citizen-friendly one.The new century which brought rapid development made the city authorities face new challenges, also in terms of improving safety.

The rapidly increasing number of citizens and new infrastructure made it necessary to construct city monitoring. Its centre is located in the seat of Municipal Guard - says Ja-nusz Wróbel, Mayor of Pruszcz Gdański. Already the first months when the system was operating resulted in apparent fall in the number ofvandalism incidents.

Safety means not only support for intervention services. It's also about new collision-free roundabouts, safe streets, internal network of bicycle paths, etc..

Currently the radio monitoring system covers essentially the entire western part of Pruszcz Gdański. This year a transmitter station will be installed on the sugar factory chimney. It will enable the monitoring to cover the eastern part of town, as well. The recording devices guard not only public safety, but also the traffic rules.

There are eight masts in Pruszcz Gdański where devices recording speeding are installed. They're moved, according to the need, even several times a day - says Leszek Banaś, Head of the Municipal Guard - the number of tragic events, especially with participation of pedestrians has fallen thanks to the devices.

The city invests not only in electronic safety systems. The Police in Pruszcz receive a grant for fuel. Outstanding police officers receive special awards for detecting perpetrators destroying the municipal possession. The Town Council boughtthe unmarked police cars in the last years.

This year, upon the Mayor's initiative the Emergency in Pruszcz received a modern rescue motorcycle equipped, among others, with a defibrillator.