“Officers stationed there last a year, two at the most, and then leave,” says Calleja. “This means that those officers who do go there are doing so almost out of obligation, knowing that their children will have to study in a language that is not Castilian Spanish, and with the added problem that in some places like Barcelona the cost of living is higher.”Īs a result, there is a lot of rotation. Those who want to work in the police join the Mossos d’Esquadra ,” he adds. “There are no longer any National Police officers who are Catalan. All this creates pressure on the state police in Catalonia,” says Calleja. “Hardly a day goes by that newspaper headlines don’t talk about independence. Of 3,800 available jobs in the region, only 2,900 positions have been filled, according to several union sources. The “social pressure” in Catalonia is such that it is now the region with “by far” the greater number of job vacancies, said Calleja. In Ibiza, for instance, “ rents are higher than the salary you earn.” Unfilled positions In some cases, like that of the Balearic Isles, the raise is justified not by a tense environment, but by the cost of living. That is why we defend the continuation of their supplement, and ask for greater supplements for the officers in other regions.” “Let’s not forget that a significant portion of the population, several parties and some public agencies oppose our presence in these regions, and that has a psychological toll on our public officers, and sometimes that evolves into physical problems. Duly noted implies that an idea, argument, or contribution was given. This tells us that everyone present heard and acknowledged the objection.
For example, if someone brings up an objection to a policy, the meeting minutes might say, the objection was duly noted. “In the Basque Country and Navarre, even though there are no more terrorist attacks, the social pressure remains,” says Calleja. We often use duly noted in official documentation, like meeting minutes. The police union says that these differences are no longer justified. But that supplement is considerably lower than in the Basque Country – around €50 a month in Barcelona, €170 in Madrid and €140 on the islands. The incident, which came just before the fifth anniversary of the announcement of a definitive ceasefire by Basque terror group ETA, illustrated the complexities of peaceful coexistence in municipalities with a strong presence of radical Basque nationalists, and of Navarre's place within the wider Basque homeland that these activists claim independence for.Ī “territorial supplement” is also granted to officers in Catalonia, in major cities and in regions such as the Canary and Balearic Islands. All four required hospital treatment, with one of the officers sustaining a fractured ankle. In October of last year, a group of 50 people – all supporters of Basque independence – beat up two off-duty Civil Guard officers who were stationed in a Navarrese village, as well as their girlfriends.
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