The Popular Party of Terrassa will present a proposal at the July plenary for the Municipal Police to integrate into Alpha Data Manager, a system that alerts in real-time when it detects a vehicle of police interest.
The Popular Party of Terrassa has registered a motion for the July plenary in which it demands that the Municipal Police connect to the Alpha Data Manager (ADM) platform. This system, as explained by the popular spokesperson Marta Giménez on Monday, allows more than 200 local police bodies across Spain to share real-time alerts about wanted vehicles.
The initiative comes just as the Terrassa City Council is deploying a network of surveillance cameras throughout the city. The PP believes that without integration into ADM, these cameras will not be able to immediately alert about the entry or exit of cars that are being sought in other parts of the country.
Giménez presented the proposal at a press conference and argued that the already planned video cameras “serve to prevent crime and investigate it afterwards,” but that her group wants to give them “an extra.” That extra, according to the spokesperson, is to turn them into a tool capable of generating direct alerts for municipal agents.
A technical study before the pilot test
The motion that the PP will defend does not call for immediate adherence to the platform. The text demands a technical study on the compatibility of ADM with the already installed cameras and on the cost of implementation. Only after that analysis would a pilot test be initiated.
Giménez placed the debate in the operational realm and stated that the goal is to “facilitate the work of the people who protect us.” The popular spokesperson also warned that municipal support for such measures cannot remain just an initial announcement. “It’s not enough just to have the headline,” she said, and demanded that the integration “must be implemented.”
In Terrassa, other recent debates about security and police action have already emerged, such as the nighttime operation against noise in Sant Llorenç that uncovered a hub for drugs and knives. However, the popular motion specifically focuses on the automatic detection of vehicles of police interest.
How it would affect the residents of Terrassa
If the integration goes ahead, an alert could be activated when a wanted vehicle from any other point in Spain enters or leaves Terrassa. This would allow the Municipal Police to act immediately, without waiting for other forces to communicate it.
For citizens, the change would be invisible but tangible: more capacity to respond to stolen cars, vehicles involved in serious crimes, or those that have a search order. The measure, according to the PP, does not replace police work but complements it with early warning technology.
The plenary of the Terrassa City Council will debate the proposal in the coming weeks. If approved, the municipal government will have to commission the technical study and, if feasible, launch the pilot test. The PP is confident that the other groups will view a measure that, they assert, “has no political colour” and seeks to improve the safety of all Terrassans positively.
Meanwhile, the network of surveillance cameras continues to be installed. The question that remains is whether, when they are operational, they will truly be connected to what happens beyond the municipality's borders.
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