THE Parla local police They took to the streets again this Thursday, summoned by the Independent Trade Union and Civil Service Central (CSIF), to express their discomfort and their disagreement with the mayor, the socialist Ramón Jurado, on the reductions in workforce and … the “growing insecurity” in this town. The PP supported the demonstrators and joined them in their protest.
“We know very clearly which side we should be on. This is why today we accompanied the local police in their demonstration to demand more and better security measures in the city,” explained Parla Popular Party spokesperson Héctor Carracedo.
The demonstration started from the local police headquarters and ended in front of the Parla town hall, in Constitución Square. The union has warned of a reduction in agents in recent years. According to the CSIF, in 2007 Parla had 160 local police officers for a population of less than 99,000 inhabitants, while in 2025 it will only have 122 officers for more than 133,000 inhabitants. The CSIF considers that the last 20 places offered by the Town Hall are “clearly insufficient”.
The People’s Party not only supports local police officers, but participated in the demonstration “in the face of an extreme situation: an alarming lack of troops, movements with only two patrols for the entire city, an increase in thefts, occupations and attacks, and a City Hall incapable of guaranteeing the basic security of neighbors”.
“The officers are mobilizing because they cannot continue to work in these conditions and because Parla finds itself without police while crime increases,” the PP said in a statement.
The popular people of Parla recalled that for more than a year and a half they have been demanding more national police officers and a real strengthening of security, both from the government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, and from the mayor and security advisor of Parla, Ramón Jurado.
“But both decided to turn a blind eye, ignoring the warnings of the police unions, the police officers themselves and the neighbors who suffer every day from the lack of police presence.”
The government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, for his part described as “very striking” the concentration of local police in Parla to protest against the personnel situation. The delegate defended “the good evolution” that Parla is experiencing in terms of security throughout this year. “The Parla Plan that we launched in 2024 is working,” he assured.
According to the government delegate, Parla recorded a 7 percent drop in crimes committed throughout the year, including cybercrime.
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