The mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, met this Tuesday at municipal offices with the director of the General State Administration in Lanzarote, Pedro Viera, to demand from the representative of the Spanish Government on the island a greater presence of Civil Guard officers in the towns of the municipality.
Due to population growth, especially in the town of Playa Blanca, year-round tourist flow, and high hotel and non-hotel occupancy rates, the southern leader considers it "essential" to have more officers on the streets day and night.
Understanding the administrative difficulties in processing, allocating positions, and assigning personnel to the various Canary Islands municipalities that request them, Yaiza expressed its concern to Pedro Viera, also highlighting the coordinated work with the Local Police of Yaiza and future collaborations that may be agreed upon with the General Corps of the Canary Islands Police, a management that Óscar Noda is addressing with Fernando Clavijo, president of the Autonomous Community
In the realm of municipal competencies, the City Council intends to fill the twelve vacant positions in its Local Police force and requests the State to eliminate the staff replacement rate for Local Police forces in order to free up the public employment offer and alleviate the deficit of local police officers that the Yaiza staff suffers from, a widespread complaint in the Canary Islands municipalities that struggle to meet the number of officers in service according to their population.
The mayor of Yaiza wishes to raise this concern personally with the Government Delegate in the Canary Islands and has already requested a meeting in Las Palmas with Anselmo Pestana Padrón.
For his part, Pedro Viera highlights "the importance of maintaining permanent coordination to guarantee citizen safety and that the island continues to be a safe place; to this end, it would be interesting to sign an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior, in the same way that the Tías City Council has done."
The security analysis meeting in Yaiza was also attended by the Councilor for Citizen Security and Civil Protection of Yaiza, Beatriz Vázquez, representatives of the Civil Guard from the Yaiza Post and the leadership of the Benemérita in Lanzarote, and the head of the Local Police of Yaiza.
"We argued and requested an increase in the number of Civil Guards assigned to Yaiza to reinforce security, and I thank the insular director Pedro Viera for listening and his willingness, and the Civil Guard for their attention. Their commitment is to work towards the well-being of citizens, and that is the objective we all share at all levels of public administration," notes the mayor.