Sant Julià de Lòria to hire civic inspector and boost surveillance to curb incivilities

The Comú of Sant Julià de Lòria will hire a single civic inspector to begin street patrols in January, the consuls Cerni Cairat and Sofia Cortesao said. The post, created under an updated civility ordinance, will cover the town centre and the outlying quarts and act as an on‑the‑ground information point for residents while also serving as the municipality’s “eyes on the street.”

The inspector’s primary remit is public information and awareness‑raising, but the role includes powers to take statements, draw up official reports and, where appropriate, trigger administrative sanctions. The new ordinance raises fines for uncivic behaviour to between €60 and €1,500, with the top penalty foreseen for offences such as abandoning waste in public spaces. Officials said the inspector will work mainly Monday to Friday but can be deployed at other times if incidents are observed.

To support enforcement and coverage, the Comú has allocated about €100,000 for expanded video surveillance. Between 70% and 80% of that sum will go to purchasing and installing cameras in public spaces, while roughly 10% is earmarked for monitoring communal drinking‑water deposits and another 10% for body‑worn cameras for traffic officers. Camera coverage will be reinforced in areas that have generated complaints—notably Carrer Doctor Palau and Carrer de Lòria—and in the quarts, where uncontrolled dumping has been identified as a serious problem.

The inspector and the revised ordinance form part of a broader hygiene and public‑space action plan aimed at reversing an observed rise in incivilities. The plan includes extra resources for the Hygiene and Public Roads Service, notably the purchase of a new street‑cleaning vehicle (estimated at about €240,000–€243,000) and extended service hours achieved through staff rotation; officials said they will also work on recruiting additional personnel where possible.

The municipality will accompany the regulatory changes with a public‑awareness campaign using posters and a short promotional video to promote behaviour change and discourage poor practices. The Comú also plans to involve animal‑protection associations in managing feral cat colonies and other species that affect public health and biodiversity, and to set guidelines for organised feeding of wild animals so such activity can be carried out in a controlled way that facilitates capture and sterilisation.

Officials pointed to recent administrative proceedings — including cases over the abandonment of about 120 tyres and the dumping of construction materials — as examples of the problems the measures seek to address. They stressed the approach combines prevention, enforcement and improved municipal services and appealed for citizen cooperation to keep public spaces cleaner and better maintained.