Overview
- The Council of Ministers approved the revised Ddl Sicurezza on Tuesday, July 14, extending the so-called fermo di prevenzione to include minors in crowded places such as the movida when there are concrete signs of danger.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said any officer classed as an agent of public security can carry out the preventive detention, which in practice includes Polizia locale when they are assigned to order‑security duties.
- The bill also creates a new questore avviso orale that can ban aggregation in risky public spots, raises penalties for damage committed by groups of five or more, makes injuries to officers prosecutable ex officio, and limits civil compensation in certain self‑defence or crime‑response cases.
- The push for the revisions was driven by recent episodes of youth violence, notably the clashes at the Colosseo, and by political pressure to show a firmer public‑order response, but the text remains subject to Ragioneria vetting and full parliamentary debate.
- If enacted, the measures could increase use of short preventive detentions of young people, widen responsibilities for local police and prompt legal and oversight battles over safeguards, procedural rules and how risks to minors are assessed.