The Coordinating Center for Emergencies and Security (CECOES) 112 of the Government of the Canary Islands has attended, from 2019 to September 2024, 3,970 calls related to cases of child and adolescent violence in different parts of the archipelago, as reported this morning by the Deputy Minister of Emergencies and Water, Marcos Lorenzo, at the inauguration of the Comprehensive Training Days for the Prevention and Action against Child and Adolescent Violence organized by the Clave-A project, through the non-profit association Sart-Up Corazón Solidario.
This situation makes it necessary, according to the Deputy Minister of Emergencies, to support initiatives such as these days whose objective is to minimize the scourge of violence against the child and adolescent population of the Canary Islands. "We have to continue working -he added- on the triad of awareness, training and prevention to prevent situations such as those reported through 112 from continuing to occur."
The objective of these days is to train professionals from all sectors who may be involved in the detection of these cases -health, education, 112, police forces, etc. - in order to have the necessary keys that allow them to detect these cases of violence as soon as possible and to be able to guide and advise the victims appropriately.
Of the total of 3,970 calls received at CECOES 112, from 2019 to September of this year, the majority, 2,201, correspond to reports of mistreatment, followed by situations of neglect, with 577 calls, and sexual abuse with 384. Completing the number of calls are cases of harassment, threats and cyber and/or telephone coercion, pornography and prostitution of minors, as explained by the head of the Operations Room of Las Palmas, Alexis Moreno, during his speech at these days.
Moreno stressed that "112 Canarias is a very important link in the chain of detection of these situations of violence, since CECOES is the access route to report these situations and also has trained personnel to offer adequate advice to people who suffer this type of situation and who have taken the step of asking for help."
