The Local Police has added to its staff with the inauguration of 14 officers. The act of formalizing their positions took place on Thursday in the Oriol Hall of the Town Hall and was presided over by the deputy mayor, José Aix; the Councillor for Human Resources, Luisa Boné, and the Councillor for Citizen Security, Antonio Sánchez.
The officers have now passed the mandatory training course at the Valencian Institute of Public Safety and Emergencies, the IVASPE, which consists of 350 teaching hours and two months of internship within the Orihuela Local Police unit.
Aix has congratulated the new agents stating that their qualification “is a great achievement” for which they should all be congratulated, after overcoming many obstacles and passing very complex selection processes”.
Councillor Luisa Boné said that “in a few months a number of other colleagues will join them”, by which she hopes that “little by little, the deficit of personnel that the Local Police has suffered for many years will be rectified.” “The police force had an acute lack of officers, while, at the same time, also lacking an adequate command structure and, in the near future an additional two agents will be added to these fourteen officers who are now joining the force”.
Finally, Antonio Sánchez added that this restructuring follows “the line of providing human and material resources to the Local Police” in order to improve security in the municipality.
