San Bartolomé de Tirajana strengthens its security and emergency services with 29 new officers

 

The security and emergency department of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council has 29 new career civil servants since this Thursday, specifically 18 Local Police officers and 11 firefighters from the Fire and Rescue Service (SEIS), who signed the assumption of their permanent positions.

 

These 29 new trainee security and emergency officers officially took up their posts in a ceremony presided over by Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez. The ceremony, held at the Pancho Guerra Cultural Center and attended by numerous family members and friends of the officers, also included speeches by the Councilor for the Presidency and Human Resources, Elena Álamo Vega; the Councilor for Security and Emergency Services, José Carlos Álamo; the City Council's General Secretary, Mateo Pérez Ojeda; and the heads of the Local Police and the Fire and Rescue Service (SEIS), Isidro Armas Díaz and José Felipe Santana Rodríguez, respectively.

 

During the swearing-in ceremony, a video was shown featuring images of the new officers' training process, highlighting their effort, preparation, and commitment during their probationary period prior to their official and permanent integration into public service. Among the memorable moments of the event was the mayor's presentation of the Maspalomas Fire Department insignia to young firefighter Katia Santana Mejías, an insignia that had previously belonged to and been worn by her own father.

 

 

The 18 new local police officers are 14 men and 4 women, aged between 25 and 43. They join the municipal force: Airam González Quintana, Abel Almeida Déniz, José Manuel Pérez Batista, Marta María Santana Naranjo, Ina Ivanova Peychinova, Daniel Méndez Martel, Cristian Eligio Pérez Torres, David Jerónimo Robaina Ortega, Judit Alemán Sánchez, Víctor Mateo Cabrera Lorenzo, Juan Andrés Sánchez Hernández, Adrián Sánchez Guedes, Sandro Pérez Santana, Liria Raquel Pérez Sosa, Moisés Rodríguez García, Jonatan Sánchez Santana, Félix Daniel García Medina, and Eliezer del Cristo Martel Caballero. The last time new officers joined the police force through competitive examinations was in 2008. The San Bartolomé de Tirajana police force now has a total of 95 officers with this new group and the 7 agents who joined in 2023 through a transfer competition.

 

The 11 new firefighters, who have been in training since the end of January, are 8 men and 3 women—specifically, the first women to join the fire department of this municipality, thus becoming part of its history. The new professionals, aged between 24 and 45, are Sara Audelia González Carracedo, Pedro José Montesdeoca Suárez, Javier Manuel Armas Rodríguez, Katia Santana Mejías, Miguel Ángel López Gil, Daniel Villar Troya, Jaime Abesinio Beltrá García, Melina Griselda Alonso Aradas, Jonathan Herrera Gil, Juan Alberto Pérez Hernández, and Carmelo Javier Ramos Domínguez. With this addition, the Fire and Rescue Service (SEIS) now has a staff of 33 personnel.

 

 

With the appointment of these 29 new career civil servants, the Department of Human Resources successfully concludes two highly complex selection processes aimed at strengthening the municipality's security and emergency services, a matter that Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez set as one of his government's management priorities "to guarantee the prevention and protection of the well-being of the municipality's residents and its visitors."

 

The mayor closed the ceremony appointing the new municipal security and emergency officials by congratulating both the new officers and “all the members of the municipal administration who participated throughout the entire process culminating in this appointment.” Marco Aurelio Pérez stated that “this is just one step in the professional careers of people with an enormous vocation for public service.” When one chooses to be a local police officer or firefighter, the mayor said, “one is not only choosing a risky profession, but also one of service on the streets, directly with the citizens, in the moments and times when it is most needed.”