The government delegate in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, accompanied by the chief of police in Murcia, Carlos Llorente Sánchez, and the superintendent of the police station in Cartagena, José María García Martínez, presented this morning at 20 new players this body practices are incorporated into Cartagena.
González Tovar reported that these agents will agree for a month and a half with the previous quota of National Police trainees, also of 20 troops, who came to our region last year, and be professional in that situation over the next nine months .
He recalled that the Cartagena Station currently has 262 members, of which 223 are active and 39 in second job, so there was an increase of 32 percent compared to the template of 2003.
A template that joined the 40 personnel currently on internship in Cartagena.
With respect to Civil Guard, the 4 th Company currently has 249 troops and 5 th with 90.
In total, the region of Cartagena has 339 policemen, who over the 150 it had in 2004, representing an increase of staff in the last legislature of 126 percent.
With respect to the entire region, the National Police has increased in the last term effects in a 33.33 percent as active agents, from the 822 police in late 2003 to 1096 current agents.
As a Civil Guard, currently has 2048 troops, ie, 51.2 percent more than in the previous legislature.
The delegate stressed in his welcoming remarks, the high rating by the Spanish National Police regarded as the most appreciated by the public by all opinion polls.
In this connection, it recalled the successes of some of the recent police operations carried out in Cartagena, the last one, the so-called "Charter", which has been the dismantling of a drug ring with the arrest of eleven people and the seizure of 2,740 kilos of hashish, held this week.
He also alluded to other operations against drug trafficking on a large scale in organized groups who were arrested as was the case of Operation Lidia which involved the arrest of 20 people, Operation Bodega in which 29 people were arrested or the Sponsorships clan which meant, in addition to the arrest of 9 people, the fall in Lo Campano 9 "kittens" for sale, and whose trial began yesterday.
Finally, you mentioned the dismantling in collaboration with Civil Guard in 2008, an organized group of 12 people of Algerian origin, responsible, at least 18 robberies of homes in the Campo de Cartagena.
Cartagena station
In regard to the comprehensive reform of the police station in Cartagena, the government delegate has reported good progress of work, started in December 2007 with an implementation period not exceeding fourteen months.
It has also indicated that although the company was awarded by 2,072,057.52 euros IMAGE, you may be carrying out some modifications to improve and expand, mainly on the ground floor, basement and patio, which might lead to an increase of initial budget, resulting also in term expansion completion of works, which could be around Easter this year.
Finally, González Tovar, said that "both the actual increase in the staffing of the National Police and Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, and therefore, in Cartagena, as investment in infrastructure, is a demonstration of Government's commitment Spain to improve public safety in our region and overcome the declining situation that had existed in previous years. "
Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia