For the first time the security patrols provided by the Xunta will be in service during Holy Week, that is from the 14th to the 24th of March. As a rule, the two patrol cars with uniformed, albeit unarmed, guards cover the portion of the French Camino in Galicia, from O Cebreiro to Monte del Gozo from the 1st of June to the 30th of September, but the Xunta has decided to extend the patrols services to include Holy Week, a high pilgrimage season, this year.
The patrols traverse the Camino 24 hours per day assisting pilgrims, preventing disturbances, alerting the authorities as to fires, accidents, etc., and, of course, reacting to miscreants and the like. They visit the albergues and keep in constant contact with them to insure that no problems exist or, if they arise, that they are taken care of promptly.