The reform of the Police Coordination Act Local Murcia "will make significant gains in public safety in the Community and, ultimately, improve coordination and collaboration between all the security forces", as highlighted today the Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Manuel Campos, during a conference held at the auditorium of the new local police headquarters Alhama de Murcia to commemorate the day of the local police.
The counselor said that the amendment of the Act, 48/1998, local police bodies of the 45 municipalities of the Community "maintain municipal autonomy, but possess a marked autonomic protocols for action, training, preparation and signs of common identity, which may be a fledgling birth of the Murcia regional police. "
"The Law of Coordination of local police already have a few years, so it requires a process of change and modernization of the operation of local police forces to have a more uniform policing and coordinated for public service delivery safety, "said Campos.
Currently, the Department of Public Safety and Emergency is considering reforming the law, whose proceedings began a year ago to begin a "thorough review" of the rule after holding a series of meetings with heads of local police in the region, unions and all operators in the police.
The charge of Justice and Public Safety said that in addition to this reform, the new Statute of Autonomy of the Region of Murcia "establish the possibility that the Community can have a regional police force when the circumstances and economic conditions warrant, and which is currently going through a crisis that forces you to optimize resources. "
"The fact that the statute incorporates the articles needed to create the regional police force does not mean that it will be soon, because it is more a bet on the future of regional government," said the counselor.
Campos said that "if the new Statute of Autonomy does not include the possibility of creating a regional police force to provide a public service closer to the city, it could not be. Therefore, the statutory provision is very necessary," he added.
Source: CARM