Carabinieri in distress: 10,200 missing units undermine operational effectiveness
The 0alarm of the Commander General, Luongo. In the light of the 'serious shortage' of units 'recorded by the Corps, a different and integrative solution is also being considered: the institution of the figure of the 'auxiliary carabiniere of the voluntary reserve', so as to have additional personnel, with lower costs'
"The Force currently has a shortage of almost 10,200 units, corresponding to about 8.5 per cent of the statutory strength. This deficit affects the operational units of all the functional organisations, which are now called upon to support a workload that, as we have seen, is already very significant and growing". Thus the Commander General of the Carabinieri, Salvatore Luongo, at the inauguration of the academic year of the Carabinieri Officers' School in Rome. Luongo spoke of "serious shortage".
Luongo: 'The figure of the voluntary reserve carabiniere is being considered'
Luongo said that in light of the 'serious shortage' of units 'recorded by the Carabinieri, a different and integrative solution is also being evaluated: the institution of the figure of the "auxiliary carabiniere of the voluntary reserve", so as to have additional personnel, with lower costs'. For the commanding general of the Carabinieri, 'the innovative formula would not affect the hiring faculties from the turnover over and could be flanked by the provision of 'recalls to duty', in case of emergencies. We are also studying the solutions already active in other countries in sister gendarmeries'.
