The local committee of Coalición Canaria (CC) in Yaiza has once again focused on the lack of Local Police officers in the municipality following the latest violent incident recorded this Sunday, November 1, in Playa Blanca, where two men engaged in a fight in broad daylight on one of the main streets of the tourist town.
Images of the confrontation, which show one of the involved parties hitting and kicking the other several times in the head when he was already lying on the ground, have once again brought to the forefront concerns about citizen security and the insufficient number of police officers to meet the needs of a municipality with a significant resident population and a high influx of visitors.
The local secretary of CC in Yaiza and spokesperson for the party in the City Council, Emilio Machín, considers the situation to be increasingly worrying and calls on the municipal government to stop postponing the solution to a problem that, in his opinion, requires concrete decisions and measures.
"We cannot normalize situations like this occurring in our streets and continue to have unfilled Local Police positions. The shortage of officers is evident, and residents need to have the peace of mind of knowing they have sufficient personnel to guarantee their safety," states Machín.
The nationalist spokesperson recalls that the municipal staffing plan for 2025 itself included ten vacant Local Police positions out of a total of 42, despite these being positions contemplated in the City Council's personnel structure and with budgetary allocation.
"We are not talking about creating a new structure or proposing an expense that the City Council cannot afford. We are talking about filling positions that already exist and for which there are financial resources. What is needed is the will and agility to resolve this situation," he affirms.
For Coalición Canaria, citizen security is one of the fundamental pillars of quality of life and cannot be relegated while essential positions for the functioning of municipal services remain vacant.
Machín insists that Yaiza needs a human resources plan that aligns with the municipality's current reality, especially in towns like Playa Blanca, where tourist activity and population growth make it essential to have a sufficient police presence.
“Security, like cleaning and other basic services, needs management, planning, and resources. We cannot get used to a lack of staff to meet the needs of our neighbors. Yaiza deserves public services at the level of what it is and what it needs,” concludes the local secretary of Coalición Canaria.
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