On February 24, the hare jumped and came to light that the Ministry of Interior, which directs Fernando Grande-Marlaskaplanned to allocate 626,247 euros at the purchase of 1,830 gabardins for high controls of the National Police. A garment that It does not appear in the ministerial order that regulates uniformity of the agents and whose award only included police of the upper scale and chief inspectors. Specifically, 1,200 for men (although there are 1,628 companions of that sex) and 630 for women. Four days later, The General Directorate of the Police was forced to “take the hand brake”.
From the Spanish Police Confederation (CEP) they denounced this tender not only for differentiating between colleagues “first and second”, but by the Doubtful interior priority scale. Because, in his opinion, with only 1,600 toilet, with 4,000 unipersonal chambers of recording in the body and the “Higher historical figure” of aggressions against police and civil guards, “That purchase was a more provocation“For all this, they claimed that” the urgent thing is what protects those who play it in the street. The essential thing is what reinforces the safety of the classmates “and if there is a budget for that, then,” go ahead with everything else. “
Well, after the wave of criticism and the controversy unleashed by that tender, the General Directorate of the Police (DGP) turned back and It canceled “for reasons of public interest” both the award and the conclusion of the contract relating to the purchase of gabardines for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 New tender for its object as the alleged reasons subsist to base the decision. “
Dignified retirement, comparison and risk profession
“This reverse, after keeping that tender alive for a month and a half (on January 15 the DGP officially launched the tender), is the clear demonstration that They were doing things wrong“, they point out from the rectification that arrives, in addition,” accompanied by a rather unfortunate excuse, “adds the union, since They knew in advance that gabardines are not part of uniformity of the National Police. “If the DGP believes that we will stop demanding that all the budget of this government be dedicated to decent retirement, to declare us risk profession, to salary equalization and the greatest physical and legal protection of the police … They are clear,” they conclude from the Spanish Police Confederation.
It must be remembered that this tender also included 1,611 currency pairs for gabardines. Of these, Six pairs will be for the Operational Deputy Director; 15 for the three general deputy directors; 30 for the eleven chiefs of division and general commissioners and 60 for the twenty superior bosses.
Társe guns, recording cameras and bulletproof vests
Neither bulletproof vests for agents, nor anti-tailed gloves, nor táser guns … The priority for Grande-Marlaska is always linked to political arithmetic. And meanwhile, in an attempt to calm the spirits of the agents, tenders four -year -old contracts that have no real efficiency in the templates. Thus, tend 4,760 comprehensive public vests, for a cost of 8.6 million euros, but divide its acquisition between 2025 and 2028. that is, only 1,190 units would be distributed a year and the agents of the Police Intervention Unit (IPI) and the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR)“They wouldn’t have their integral vest for two years.”
Situation that is repeated with other purchases of material such as toilet and personal recording cameras. As explained from the CEP, currently The National Police has 1,600 electric immobilizersa ridiculous figure if we take into account that there are 72,000 agents in the body. Well, from the DGP they announced The purchase of another 3,500 táser gunsamount that remains insufficient and that will also be of immediate delivery. The purchase is in four years, so agents will receive 700 each year.
And the same goes for the Lack of personal recording cameras, 4,000 today. The General Directorate of the Police announced the acquisition of 7,000 new devices, between 2025 and 2028. An expense of 10.38 million, which will not cover the needs of the agents. “The figure remains insufficient to guarantee the legal certainty of the police in many interventions in which it would be vital to be able to register what happens,” they insist from this union.