The Mayor praises the police force professionalism and efficiency and notifies a 42% rise in the Police staff
The Local Police in Calvià, celebrated this morning, its Day, with its traditional prize giving to the winners of the different activities organised as well as the congratulations and gratitude plates given to the police officers who have outstanded for their work during 2010.
Also, during the event, the professional carreer of two police officers who have served for the Police Force for 25 years, various municipal civil servants and a retired civil servant from the Mobility´s Head Office, who collaborated with the Local Police, were acknowledged.
The Mayor Carlos Delgado; the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Bartolomé Bonafé and the chief of the Local Police, Jaume Jaume Marcó, presented the outcome of the 2010 summer campaign. Therefore, the Mayor, firstly highlighted, the professionalism and the efficiency of the Local Police Force and reminded that the Public Safety has been and still is, one of the basic pillars of his municipal management.
The Mayor, therefore, highlighted the increase, in a 42%, of the Police staff as well as the increase in almost a 50% of the Night Shift staff or the creation, this year, of the Canine Service which has made Calvià, a municipality, pioneer within this field. Also, it was highlighted the increase of the investment which has made possible, in the last years, provide the staff with security cameras; the continuous improvement of the vehicle fleet or the construction of one of the best police shooting galleries, in between other improvements.
The budget earmarked to Public Safety during these two last legislatures has almost doubled the one forwarded to the Police from 1997 to 2003. Therefore, whereas in mentioned previous period to the PP´s entry in the Town Hall, a total of 36,9 million euros were assigned; the actual government team has earmarked, from 2004 to the present year, a total of 64 million euros for Public Safety.
With regards to the figures outcome, Jaume Marcó, Local Police chief, has notified the remarkable reduction of detentions carried out of crime against public health; a decrease which has a direct relation with the numerous preventive controls which have been carried out in all the areas of Calvià.
It is to be highlighted, the increase of mentioned controls in all the areas which, in comparison with last year´s, has reflected, with no doubt, in a decrease of robberies. Regarding to the mobile trade, Marcó, explained that, this activity has practically eradicated, given that, it has gone from almost 5.000 reports for failures, 91 procedures and 5 detentions to the practically eradication of mentioned activity, in the last years.
With regards to the modified publicity regulation, Marcó, explained that its application has implied a remarkable decrease in the number of illegal advertising in the public highway as well as the problems that they, have generated to the traders of the area. The same way has been assessed the regulation that bans prostitution in the public highway, which has meant, regarding to 2009, a decrease in more than 100 notified detentions made for prostitution.