The deputy delegate of the Government in A Coruña, presided today the institutional acts of the Police Day that was held this morning in Santiago.
In her speech, María Rivas recalled that in the last decade the highest number of national police officers assigned in Galicia was reached, with about 3,400 men and women dedicated to the security of the cities and main Galician villas. An effort, which, as the subdelegate stressed, is also reflected in other investments such as the creation of the new Ribeira police station.
“A commitment that remains in force on the part of the Government with the increase in the number of agents and the improvement of the endowments and infrastructures” said Rivas.
In today’s event, 16 police officers were decorated for carrying out meritorious actions in the development of their work. In addition to giving them the decorations, María Rivas wanted to thank them in a special way for the “fundamental service provided by the men and women national police”.
“You are a pillar of our rule of law, of our democracy. Without your presence, we would not have reached this level of development and well-being that we enjoy now,” said the deputy delegate.
Crime balance
The subdelegate referred to the latest crime balance published by the Ministry of the Interior in which crime is falling again in both Santiago and Galicia, for the third time in a row with a crime rate 26 points lower than the Spanish average and more than 30 points below European countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany or Belgium. A satisfactory result to which is added the best rate of clarification of crimes two last nine years.
María Rivas took advantage of her speech to ask for a “special effort” in the fight against male violence that so far this year ended the lives of half a hundred women in our country “we continue to witness male attitudes and unacceptable attitudes in the public space and we cannot consent to them”
In this same vein, María Rivas also called for continuing to join forces in the fight against cybercrime “despite the difficulty offered by the resolution of this type of crime” and environmental crimes, stressing that “the protection of our environment, our natural systems and animal species must and must be a priority because we cannot understand our life without the habitat that surrounds us”.
In this sense, the subdelegate of the Government wanted to show her appreciation to the Prosecutor of Environment of Galicia, María del Carme Eiró, for her “work and example” both from the provincial prosecutor of Ourense and the one developed in the last three years from the Prosecutor of Environment and Urbanism of Galicia.
María Rivas also had words of thanks for the agents who reached retirement age this year “and for all the men and women policemen who made the ultimate sacrifice, that of giving their lives, in the exercise of their profession.”
Finally, the deputy delegate highlighted “the extraordinary work” of the National Police in the events of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union that hosted our community in recent weeks.