(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 09 - "On this occasion I would like to express my thanks for what citizens feel about the State Police: trust and trust. These sentiments are further intensified in this period of health emergency. The State Police she did her utmost with commitment and self-denial paying a high price, 14 victims and 10 thousand infected are a particularly heavy price to have been on the front line to guarantee safety and assistance ".
President Sergio Mattarella said this during the meeting, at the Quirinale, with the Chief of Police Lamberto Giannini and a delegation of representatives of the State Police.
"The thought goes not only to the 14 victims of the virus but to those who sacrificed their lives in police service. They are well placed in the memory of the Corps and of the Republic. This is an element that further increases the gratitude of the citizens. All this has been depicted. in the conferring to the flag of the Police of the Civilian Almeritus Gold Medal which I am pleased to have ordered on March 2.
It expresses this feeling of appreciation and gratitude and this meeting also intends to express the Republic's gratitude to the State Police ", underlines the head of the State.
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