Specifically, town halls in Majorca need 300 more, in Ibiza the requirement is 50, in Minorca 30 and Formentera three. Palma is short by 41 officers, Ibiza Town by 40, Manacor 34 and Sant Llorenç 22. These are the four municipalities with the greatest needs. Only four town halls are said to have sufficient numbers: Deya, Lloret and Marratxi in Majorca and Sant Lluis in Ibiza.
The president of Felib, Joan Carles Verd, says that the lack of police is a general problem for all Balearic municipalities, noting that the federation's figures do not take into account the need for additional police in the summer. He accepts that the regional government has begun to address the situation but observes that any solution will not be achieved in the short term. The coming summer, he adds, will create difficulties.
Verd explains that there is a great deal of demand for extra police but very little supply and that recruitment is highly constrained by the "Montoro Law" on budgetary and financial stability. As a consequence, local police forces end up assuming powers which aren't really theirs. That's because of the lack of officers in the state forces - the National Police and the Guardia Civil.
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The government say summer workers are not being recruited because on their salaries they can't pay the rents asked, all because we are all renting out our apartments and fincas to tourists. This is just what our communist leaders want us to believe. They even say doctors and surgeons won't come. Don't tell me they can't afford to rent either on their vast salaries!! Latest true story - summer hotel workers living in a hotel apartment are having to pay the tourist tax!!! Is this government for real???
At least you have some,I can't even remember the last time I saw a copper where I live,not even a ''Noddy Bobby''.