Spain’s Official State Gazette, the BOE, publishes this Tuesday, 27 October, the agreement between the State Secretariat for Security and Torrevieja Town Council to strengthen cooperation between the Guardia Civil and Local Police.
Signed on 15 October, the agreement sets out coordination measures within the municipality without transferring or changing either police force’s statutory responsibilities.
A security plan and an annual assessment
The Local Security Board must draw up a Local Security Plan within six months of the agreement entering into force.
The document will identify security problems in the municipality, set objectives and design action programmes; at the end of each year, the board will assess the work undertaken and the results of its implementation.
Those programmes must provide for joint, planned police action, as well as coordination with other professionals and public services involved in addressing the problems of greatest concern to the local community.
The agreement also allows for working groups or panels whenever considered appropriate to identify social needs related to security and encourage cooperation with private organisations.
Information, databases and communications
The Guardia Civil will provide the council with monthly statistics on police activity and crime, while the board will receive an annual summary of crime trends in the town.
For its part, the council will supply information of police interest, updated municipal mapping and details of social and support services that can help care for victims and vulnerable people.
The agreement provides for arrangements to consult police databases covering judicial wanted-person notices, missing people, stolen vehicles and objects of police interest, subject to technical requirements, confidentiality and data protection.
On communications, the text provides for integration into the 112 emergency services, links between the 062 and 092 control rooms and shared frequencies for specific or exceptional operations.
Four-year term without transfers of resources
The agreement will run for four years, with a possible written extension of up to a further four, and will become effective once entered in the state’s REOICO register.
It entails no cost to either party or transfer of resources between them; a monitoring committee with equal representation must be set up within two months of its entry into force and meet at least twice a year.
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