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| Her colleagues have fired Maricarmen Garrido after 40 years in the police force with an act in the Municipal Security Park | Mari Carmen Garrido, the first woman to enter the Local Police of Cartagena, has made this last day of work on the body this Wednesday, June 17, in which her colleagues have fired her with an act in the Municipal Park of Security.He has been dedicated to this profession for 40 years, since joining in 1980.

As Mari Carmen has pointed out, he has not yet made up his mind to retire: "I did not expect to cry or this farewell by my colleagues, I am seeing that they appreciate me and I They are going to miss them, just like I miss them, in the end it is a whole life together.

"The Councilor for Citizen Security, Juan Pedro Torralba, has highlighted his great career "much loved by his colleagues, a direct person and who has known all the evolution that the Local Police has had in Cartagena." Likewise, he pointed out that "to the first steps that Mari Carmen took of being the first policewoman in the city, more women have been added in these years." Currently, the Cartagena Local Police Corps, made up of a staff of about 300 people, has about twenty women. For his part, the Chief of the Local Police of Cartagena, Emilio Juan Rodríguez, has fondly remembered his colleague, highlighting as his main characteristic "the sense of responsibility, both in customer service and in the organizational and operational part of the 092 room, in addition to its adaptability with technology, since when it started, incidents were still carried out on paper with an Olivetti typewriter "MARI CARMEN'S PATHSince she was little she wanted to be a Civil Guard like her father, but at that time it was not possible.

Therefore, it was presented to the municipal police on the first call to which women could appear; Of the 65 that were presented, only she reached the last test of the exam and passed it.Within the Cartagena Local Police, Mari Carmen has worked in different sections such as citizen security, patrols and travel, on the tow truck and on the 092 station.

"All services are special and unique, providing assistance to help those who You are in extreme situations, and any other situation.

For example, in a robbery or robbery, you relieve the victim and if you catch the thief on top, you feel very accomplished.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena