The Local Police, the vocation of service and dignity

SINCE a few weeks ago, the news, beyond all the scandals linked to Pedro Sánchez and his people – and ours, according to which María Jesús Montero is supposed to worry about the Andalusians – has focused on the boycott of the local police. … of Seville to the City Hall’s Christmas plan. They argue, and they are right on some points so you have to give it to them, that they have not yet benefited from overtime from the (very past) past, that they want guarantees to guarantee compliance with the new agreement and that the number of events has overflowed. Everything is true. Anyone who has done a job deserves to be paid what was promised and going out on the streets for everything, whether more or less relevant, has become a totally crazy game (small steps, small races, heralds, mini-demonstrations, etc.). The conflict, current due to recent pressure measures, actually comes from far away and now has José Luis Sanz as its protagonist, but other mayors have been the protagonists before. So far everything is ok.

The problem comes from the shapes. And above all in the total and absolute loss of the vocation to serve. Because yes, obviously we all work, more or less, in search of a salary that allows us to live. Whether journalists, engineers, traders, businessmen and even politicians. Even the police. There is no need for demagoguery. But we must not ignore that, when one decides – no one is forced to do so – to be a civil servant, “one places one’s personal interests second in order to protect citizens by maintaining peace and public order”, which is not currently the case with the boycott carried out. Just like there is no dignity that unions boast about so much – what a coincidence, another one, no matter the union, which claims to fight for the common good without going to work – in its latest statement last night.

Because I raise a series of questions that will surely be answered with self-criticism. Is it decent to be absent from work without justification? Is it worth using the same doctor, who ended up being discarded, to achieve massive losses? Is it dignified to go to a Christmas light display to insult a mayor when in theory you are responsible for maintaining order? Is it worthy to leave an entire city unprotected when you are a civil servant? These questions almost answer themselves, but we could address deeper questions that concern both sides of this conflict. Is it necessary to have so many agents at each event? Would police officers be willing to work fewer extras and, therefore, earn much less? Let’s see if the problem will then be that this job does not pay off…

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