The Civil Guard has initiated a specialized training in cybercrime aimed at 400 agents of the citizen security area of Cantabria, with the aim of strengthening the capacity to respond to this type of crime from the first moment of the complaint.
The training, provided by the Team @, focuses on providing the agents who have the first contact with the victims with the necessary knowledge to identify clues and collect key data to facilitate subsequent investigations.
The Government delegate in Cantabria, Eugenia Gómez de Diego, has visited one of the training sessions, accompanied by the Colonel Chief of the Civil Guard in Cantabria, Antonio Orantos; the Chief Commander of Judicial Police and Information, José Manuel Antón, and the first sergeant of the Team @, Carlos Saiz.
During his visit, Gómez de Diego stressed the importance of this initiative to "strengthen operational capacities in the face of a crime that has grown rapidly, to represent already 1 in 4 criminal offenses committed in Cantabria".
The delegate valued the work of the Team @ and highlighted the commitment of the Ministry of the Interior to the continuous training of the State Security Forces and Corps.
The training is designed so that civil guards of citizen security – who usually have the first knowledge of the facts and receive the complaints – can recognize patterns of action typical of cybercrime, identify sources of digital proof and collect essential data from the first moment. This improvement in the quality of the initial information allows the Team @ to develop more agile and effective research.
The initiative is part of the body’s global effort to adapt to the sustained growth of cybercrime in the region, which has grown by more than 150% in the last five years alone, becoming one of the main public security challenges in Cantabria.