The Estepona City Council incorporates 9 new Local Police Officers

The Consistory is holding the fifth public call for employment, which will involve the creation of five additional police officer positions.

The mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano, has announced that the 2024 municipal budget includes an item for the sixth public call for employment, which will strengthen the Local Police staff with another 10 agents.

The mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano, has received the nine Local Police officers selected in the fourth public call for employment that has made the City Council to fill positions in the Police Headquarters.

From now on, the nine selected will undergo training at the Institute of Emergencies and Public Safety of Andalusia (IESPA), a center under the Ministry of Presidency, Public Administration and Interior of the Junta de Andalucía. After completing this last training period will join the staff of the Local Police Headquarters to perform their duties in the city.

García Urbano explained that the commitment of the Consistory is to continue to strengthen the Local Police staff to cover all existing positions in the organization chart, and commented that these procedures are being carried out following the maximum limits established in relation to public procurement allowed by the central government.

In this regard, he recalled that at this time the City Council of Estepona has open another public call for employment for five more positions in the Local Police Headquarters. In addition, he announced that the municipal budget for 2024 includes an item for the sixth public call for employment, which will strengthen the Local Police staff with another 10 agents.

The councilor has indicated that for this government team has been a priority to provide more human resources to the Police Headquarters, thus strengthening public safety. Thus, the various public calls for employment that have been launched since 2011 have meant providing the Headquarters with 34 new police positions, 4 sub-inspectors and 6 officers.

In addition, the government team has also been renewing the material means available to the agents. Thus, it is worth mentioning the investment of half a million euros made in the acquisition of 14 new vehicles for the fleet of the Headquarters; five patrol cars enabled for the transfer of detainees with separation screens and other security devices; two camouflaged vehicles and four motorcycles that can be used in the city and in rural areas. In addition, two all-terrain vehicles and a personnel transport van were also acquired.

In addition, more than 164,000 euros have been invested in the renovation and improvement of the transmission system, which allows better communication between agents, avoiding interference and enabling them to act more quickly to any warning; as well as another 78,000 euros for the purchase of bulletproof vests and anti-knife vests for the staff. A new ethylometer and a narcotest have also been acquired for use by Local Police officers in their regular controls.