Alicante’s Social Court is hearing a case against the General Directorate of Police (DGP) which has been filed by the Jupol union after they failed to provide bulletproof vests to Alicante agents. This is the first of the trials planned against the DGP for non-compliance with occupational risk prevention regulations which the union states is seriously endangering the lives of the agents.
Jupol has filed similar claims in Elche, Benidorm and Valencia and the union’s lawyer, Raquel Sánchez, has requested in the Alicante trial compensation of between 20,000 and 40,000 euros for a number of agents who do not have the necessary means of protection “to undertake the functions entrusted to them” and who are suffering “a serious risk as they have not yet been issued with essential protection material”.
Jupol said that there are some 600 police officers in Alicante who do not have bulletproof vests, with some agents still waiting after more than 13 years.
