• The government delegate in Cantabria inaugurated on Tuesday the Conference on ‘Police care for people from vulnerable groups or with disabilities’ organized by the Civil Guard.

The government delegate in Cantabria, Pedro Casares, has highlighted the continuous training of the Security Forces and Corps to improve citizen care and especially that given to vulnerable or disabled groups.

This was indicated on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Day on ‘Police care for people from vulnerable groups or with disabilities’ organized by the Civil Guard of Cantabria and in which, in addition to agents of the body, members of the National Police and several local community police have also participated.

Casares has highlighted the importance of training to “transmit tranquility” to groups with “different abilities” so that they can “recognize themselves” in the work carried out by the agents who serve them in difficult situations. “Your work is key, but training is also key,” he said.

The representative of the State has pointed out the importance of knowing the needs of various groups in order to have the capacity to serve them in a way that “they feel safe with us”.

At this point, it has valued the associations that collaborate in this training such as the Association of Parents of People within the Autistic Spectrum and other Generalized Development Disorders of Cantabria (APTACAN), the Association Enjoy the Sea that carries out playful and therapeutic activities on the beach and/or the sea for children with special needs, Full Inclusion Cantabria, AMICA, the Economic Cuisine and ACCAS.

Casares has pointed out that, together with these entities, the agents of the Civil Guard, the National Police and the local police who participate in the training will improve the attention of citizens and especially vulnerable groups.

The inauguration of the day was also attended by the head of the Civil Guard of Cantabria, Lieutenant Colonel Julio Postigo; and Lieutenant Colonel Pilar Villasante, head of Training and Human Resources of the body and organizer of the day, in which operative groups of the Civil Guard such as REDO, the Hate Crimes Response Team, also took part.

In addition, to end the day, Vanesa Almeida, paralympic and mountaineer trainer with high-functioning autism, has intervened.