The opening of the tenth of the local police headquarters in Murcia has begun its countdown today.
The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, together with the Minister of Presidency and Public Administration, María Pedro Reverte, presided this morning over the laying of the cornerstone of the new units in the Esparragal, whose construction will be carried out in collaboration with Regional Government.
The ceremony was also attended by the Councillor and Traffic Safety, Nuria Fuentes, the Director General of Local Government, Javier Iniesta, and the President of the Municipal Council of The Esparragal, Angel Perez.
The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, has maintained a firm commitment to its mandate to improve the safety of Murcia and it is demonstrated by the effort made by the City Council in both the expansion and improvement of the material as the continued expansion Template police.
This headquarters in El Esparragal is in addition to being built in La Alberca, so that the municipal government team is fulfilling the commitment made in its election manifesto to give the municipality more security and more police presence on the streets .
The new facility, promoted with the intention to increase security in the northeast of the municipality, will accommodate up to 150 police.
The works have now torn within contract period of 12 months and a budget of 732,000 euros, of which the Presidential and Public Administration provides 600,000 euros and the rest of City Hall.
The new police facilities, complementing the provisions of Espinardo, Bacons Bridge and Stables, is located in Calle Pintor Manuel Coronado City Council on a plot of 827 square meters.
Nine local police headquarters
Murcia currently has nine local police headquarters in operation, 7 of them in districts (Stables, Beniaján, El Palmar, Espinardo, La Raya, Los Martínez del Puerto and Bacons Bridge) and two more in the city (the main , located in San Juan de la Cruz, and the latest in Fleet).
Under the terms of Miguel Angel House in front of City Hall have launched new facility in Los Martínez del Puerto and Fleet, in addition to comprehensively renovate the barracks located in Beniaján and La Raya.
To these are added the two projects now under construction in the pool and Esparragal.
In this way, decentralization has been providing this service to provide enhanced security and reassurance to the residents of Murcia and further expanding prevention efforts and service to citizens.
Also, the government team headed by Miguel Angel House has made an unprecedented effort in recent years to expand the staffing of the Local Police of Murcia and is committed to workforce of 1,100 police officers available in the near future.
Since 1995, the city has built more than 200 police and soon will add 78 new agents, since these positions candidates have now completed the selection process and in January will begin their training at the Academy.
Third Police Station in the city
Faced with this effort made by the City Council and the Regional Government, the Mayor has stated that "it is time that the National Government to the facts and pass a reality the third National Police station."
Mayor wants "the PSOE in the Government of Spain to meet its commitments to the Murcia and make the same effort that the City and Regional Government in expanding endowments National Police and Civil Guard."
This requirement is for the construction of barracks, especially in Torreagüera and Sangonera La Verde.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia