Benidorm pays homage to its Local Police in its 175th anniversary

The commemoration of the 175th anniversary of Benidorm Local Police was held this morning at Plaza de Sus Majestades los Reyes de España in an event that has brought together hundreds of residents.

The official ceremony that has been chaired by the Mayor Toni Pérez, who has been accompanied by the Councilor for Citizen Security and representatives of the municipal corporation. The senator from Alicante, Agustín Almodóbar was also present as well as the queens of Festes Majors Patronals 2019, Marina Carrillo and Paula Mayor; the president of the Comissió, Roberto Carretero and representatives of the State Security Forces and Forces, Civil Protection and the associations of the city.

After depositing a laurel wreath in memory of the missing agents, they have received the Public Congratulations of the Generalitat Valenciana, at the proposal of the City Council, for the services rendered individually by agents Daniel Romero Villalón, Julian Eloy Carrillo Mingot, David Fontanet González, José Ramón Fuentes Marín, Germán Briso-Montiano Espiritu Santo and Enrique Such Mayor and also the citizen Bárbara Petan Ferrer.

The mayor of Benidorm Toni Pérez has also awarded a distinction to the officers Antonio Contreras Arroyo and Andrés García San Demetrio, the inspectors Miguel Peñalver Picazo and Francisco Manuel Aguilar Perales and the agestes Antonio Martínez Lara, José María Sola Béjar, Tomás Trigo Llorca, Fernando Montes Ortega, Ceferino Barreña Fernández and Juan Calvo Pérez recently retired for "all those years of dedication, effort and work".

Once the Chief of the Local Police finished, Juan Fuertes Apastegui thanked the effort and performance of the work performed by each of the members of the local police in the exercise of their functions and has claimed the expansion of the staff, depleted after the recent retirements.

Finally Toni Pérez, who has addressed the officers to tell them that "it is a commitment and an obligation of the Corporation that I am honored to preside over and I believe that it reflects the feelings of all the municipal groups by saying that we will continue to mobilize all the economic resources , materials and humans that, being within our reach, are necessary to support your work ".

In his speech, Toni Pérez made reference to the "digital transformation" that Benidorm approaches after achieving certification as the first Intelligent and Sustainable Tourist Destination in Spain "this certification, you know well, because you have had a high involvement in your demanding journey, It also serves to multiply the possibilities offered by innovation and new technologies to improve governance.This is therefore, to continue to put at your service important and innovative technological tools, today Benidorm, more than ever, in an advantageous position Digital transformation is no longer an option but a necessity of the times in which Benidorm has once again set the pace and become a pioneer. "

Toni Pérez has also mentioned examples of this growth as "the consolidation of our unit to work in the prevention and monitoring of gender violence, doing it in close collaboration with the rest of the State Security Forces and bodies and the competent administrations. This is a scourge that the entire society must fight relentlessly and Benidorm will not haggle resources or services in it. "

After the end of the official act with the interpretation of the hymns of the Comunitat Valenciana and Spain, the celebration of the event concluded.