The Spanish Association of Civil Guards has once again denounced the conditions in which the agents of this corps work in Yaiza, where it claims that there is a "repeated breach of the Law on Occupational Risks." This new complaint, which they also extend to other Benemérita posts, comes after the episode that occurred this Thursday, when they claim that an agent fainted while taking a complaint from a citizen.
According to the association in a statement, the neighbor himself was the one who "prevented the agent from hitting his head" when he fainted. An ambulance arrived at the Civil Guard post, which was then responsible for transferring the agent to a health center, where he was diagnosed with heat stroke.
Given this situation, AEGC wanted to denounce "the total absence of air conditioning units" in the Main Post of Yaiza, "with the consequent damage to the health of both the civil guards assigned to that Post and any citizen who carries out any procedure in that place." In addition, they recall that this has occurred when "we are suffering an extreme heat wave throughout the territory, reaching over 40 degrees Celsius in various parts of the Canary Islands and the peninsula."
For this reason, they criticize "the lack of foresight of whoever is responsible, whether it is the barracks owned by the Civil Guard or, as in many cases, the owners are city councils, which neglect any improvement in the facilities."
In this regard, and extending its complaint to the whole of Spain, the association denounces "the contempt on the part of some mayors for the work and service provided by the civil guards in their districts, requesting the deployment of the National Police Force in their Town Halls." In addition, they state that there are "Civil Guard facilities lacking improvements" and that "in many parts of Spain they date back to the beginning of the 20th century," while "they offer the National Police Force new buildings and complete facilities."
The AEGC also defends the "complete professionalism and efficiency of all civil guards," despite the fact that it claims that they work "with precarious resources, obsolete vehicles, multi-property bulletproof vests, third-world facilities and a lack of personnel." According to them, it is "nothing that has not been claimed before," but they warn that they will continue to do so "until the problem is solved."
From the Spanish Association of Civil Guards, they also demand "greater concern for all irregularities in the prevention of occupational risks within the Civil Guard, avoiding as far as possible the unnecessary risk to the health" of the agents.
