Nicanor Sen encourages you to continue working to reduce the crime rate and keep Castilla y León as one of the safest territories in Spain

• The Government delegate in Castilla y León, together with the Government subdelegate in Ávila, Fernando Galeano, and the Superior Chief of Police of Castilla y León, Juan Carlos Hernández, presides over the inauguration of Ángel Díaz Arias as Provincial Chief Commissioner of the National Police Corps of Ávila • Nicanor Sen highlights the importance of the training of members of the State Security Forces and Corps to deal with new forms of crime

January 23, 2024.- The delegate of the Government in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, has maintained on Tuesday that the low crime rate of the Community is for the Government of Spain a stimulus to, from the State Security Forces and Bodies, advance in the objective of reducing crime and guaranteeing citizen security.

A message about the inauguration of Ángel Díaz Arias as provincial chief commissioner of the National Police Corps of Ávila, who received the baton of command of Emilio Pérez Castelani, thus staging the relay after years of service to the Abulenses.

“Thank you very much for all these years of work on behalf of the Police, the citizens and Spain. That tireless effort and dedication is the best stimulus and should serve as an example to the coming generations of police who are now joining the active service,” said Sen, who presided over the institutional act accompanied by the deputy delegate of the Government in Ávila, Fernando Galeano, and by the superior chief of police in Castilla y León, Juan Carlos Hernández.

Sen recalled that it is not time to settle down but to continue working to ensure that Castilla y León remains one of the safest territories in Spain, with an average of 36.7 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants according to data referring to the third quarter of 2023, which is more than 14 points below the national rate, which is 50.8. All this, despite the fact that Spain is one of the safest countries. And in this, Sen continues, Ávila has much to say, since it is one of the safest provinces in all of Spain with a crime rate in that same period of 29 criminal offenses per 1,000 inhabitants, more than 20 points below the national average.

Figures that well deserve recognition but that should not lead to lowering the guard. “Good data should not make us fall into self-complacency and relaxation, we must continue working to reduce that level of crime, guaranteeing higher levels of security in the whole of Castilla y León and, specifically, in the province of Ávila,” said Sen.

To this end, the new head of the National Police, whom the government delegate wished every success, has a total of 176 officers at his service, as well as the close collaboration of the other State Security Forces and Bodies, Local Police, Armed Forces and personnel of the Administration of Justice and the Government Delegation in Castilla y León.

CONTINUOUS TRAINING

During his speech, the delegate wanted to highlight the importance of the continuous training of National Police agents to deal with new forms of crime and the challenges that arise in the face of gender violence, cyberspace crimes and the increase in hate crimes, among others. In this line, Sen wanted to highlight the training action of the National School of Police of Ávila, in which Commissioner Díaz Arias served as head of the Teaching System from November 2014 to last July.

“A continuous and multidisciplinary training that makes you the best policemen is key and fundamental. All at the service of a society that increasingly demands a safer country. The cradle of the best police in Spain is in Castilla y León and is in Ávila and we are proud of it.”

On January 13, it was 38 years since the arrival of the first students to the National School of Police, in which for the past two courses to the more than 3,000 students of the Executive and Basic scales add the 800 that provides the degree in Security that has been launched with the University of Salamanca.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

The new Provincial Chief Commissioner of Ávila joined the then Superior Police Force in the category of Inspector in April 1982.

He was assigned in 1984 to the Operational Research Services in San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa) and, in 1991, in Madrid.

In 1994 he began his teaching career, as a tenured professor in the Department of Legal Sciences at the National Police School, where he taught the subject of Police Administrative Law.

From that date, he began to occupy various positions of responsibility in the field of police education. In March 2003 he was appointed Head of the Training in Practical Training Section; in September 2006 he was appointed Teacher Coordinator of Technical Training (Basic Scale); in September 2007 he was appointed Teacher Coordinator of Higher Training (Executive Scale), all at the National Police School, Ávila.

In December 2009, he was appointed Head of the Disciplinary Regime Coordination Area (Disciplinary Regime Unit) with the promotion to Commissioner. After five years, he is appointed Head of Education System (National Police School, Ávila) from November 2014 until July 2023, when he takes office as Chief Commissioner Province of Ávila.

His long career in the National Police has allowed him to add more than a dozen recognitions and mentions.