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Seven new municipal vehicles will serve in La Alberca, El Esparragal, El Palmar, Espinardo, Los Martínez del Puerto and Tocinos Bridge.

José Ballesta: "It is an investment with a high social profitability that will increase the police presence in a geographical area in which more than 72,000 Murcia live, while reducing the arrival times in dispersed population centers"

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, and the Councilor for Traffic, Safety and Citizen Protection, Lola Sánchez, presented today in El Esparragal the new vehicles designed to reduce the response time of the Local Police in the areas of orchard, Of the districts of La Alberca, El Esparragal, El Palmar, Espinardo, Los Martínez del Puerto and Puente Tocinos.

In total, there are seven new off-road vehicles (two of which will be patrolled in Los Martínez del Puerto) suitable for trips through areas of special difficulty, equipped with an integrated navigation system (GPS).

"It is an investment with a high social profitability, as it will improve the attention and increase the police presence in a geographical area where more than 72,000 Murcia live, while reducing the arrival times in dispersed population centers , Increasing the efficiency of police service in areas of orchard, field or mountain, "stressed the mayor.

These coats, which replace old vehicles, are added to the mobile fleet of the Local Police, which currently has a total of 272 mobile units: 77 passenger cars, 53 motorcycles, 90 scooters, 19 SUVs, 31 vans and 2 electric mopeds.

For the first time, these new vehicles have been acquired through the lease system (renting) for a period of four years, with an investment close to 300,000 euros which includes car maintenance, reviews and insurance.

The device of geolocation of the vehicles complements the system of positioning by means of coordinates used in the program 'Houses of garden and field' that counts, at the moment, with about 200 ascriptions.

Municipal vehicles also have the necessary equipment to carry out the service: siren, emergency lights, medicine chest, signaling material and shields.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia