More than 600 people at the derby cupbearer’s security device

More than 600 people, including about 350 National Police officers and the rest of the Local Police, Firefighters, Civil Protection, 061 and private security, integrate the security device for the Betis-Sevilla derby on Saturday, corresponding to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

The operation for this party (9:30 pm), declared high risk by the Anti-Violence Commission, will reinforce surveillance in the surroundings of Benito Villamarín, where a greater concentration of people is expected; in the hotels of both teams and also in their transfer and that of managers and referees to the stadium; and in the access to the enclosure.

The National Police Corps contributes almost 350 agents of the operational groups of the Intervention Units (UIP), Prevention and Reaction (UPR) and their subgroup of motorcycles, the Provincial Private Security and the Provincial Information Brigade, cavalry, canine guides and the affected districts, Nervión and Sur , as reported this Thursday by the Government Sub-delegation in Seville.

Also part of the device, which will be active before, during and after the derby, from this Friday until hours after its completion, numerous members of the Local Police, Firefighters and Civil Protection, and four ambulances from the 061 Health Emergencies with their corresponding equipment.

The security plan will be activated on Friday in a pre-critical phase, with Citizen Service agents, the UPR and the Provincial Information Brigade, and after the criticism from 6:00 p.m. on Saturday it will continue until the end of the meeting, in the post-criticism, with intervention units and preventive indications that night in the vicinity of Villamarín.

This device was finalized this Thursday at a technical meeting at the Government Sub-delegation, which was attended by representatives of Betis and Sevilla, and those responsible for the different units that intervene in it, in addition to the private security of both clubs.

The deputy delegate of the central government in Seville, Carlos Toscano, He has asked fans for “responsibility” to maintain social distance and the correct use of masks in the face of the increase in infections by covid-19 in recent weeks.