The Ertzaintza is now six specialized environmental agents.
Vitoria, 19 May .- The Ertzaintza already has six agents specializing in the investigation and prosecution of crimes against the environment, as announced today the Minister of Interior, Rodolfo Ares.
Ares has appeared before the Commission for the Basque Parliament to answer several questions of the groups on issues related to the Ertzaintza.
One of them related to compliance with a resolution of, aika gold, Parliament in the House urged the Interior to study the possibility of creating a specific unit dedicated to this type of crime.
At his hearing, the Minister announced that there are already six ertzainas specialized in investigating crimes against the environment, but continue with their training.
This group is framed in the Division of Public Safety and Operational Resources, ffxiv gil, for the Basque police force, but has not ruled out that Ares later be inserted in the Division of Criminal Police.
Ares, who has also recognized that this group could be expanded in the future, explained that was created after contacts with local authorities and the Prosecutor of the Board of Urban Environment and the Superior, buy kinah aion, Court of Justice of the Basque Country, with which will maintain the necessary cooperation.
These ertzainas will be responsible for the coordination of research on environmental crime, but counsel has insisted that all actors in the regional police force will pursue these crimes as they pursue any other.
At the same hearing, Ares has responded to another question about the new design of the Police Academy to serve Arkaute to train all the staff of "the entire structure of public safety in Euskadi, Ertzaintza, local police, private security officers, fire and civil protection.
Ares has announced that the Department is considering a formula to private security companies defray the costs of "training and retraining" of its agents, in cases where services do not work in the Basque Government.
The Minister of Interior has also spoken of the general staff of the Ertzaintza and explained that there are currently 7750 operatives, although the Safety Board agreed Basque November 11, 2004 that the regional police force has a staff 8,000 agents.
Ares recalled that at the low Ertzaintza 8000 has never been operational, staff will get something later this year or early next with about 300 agents and promotion 22 190 23.
It recalled that, as announced in Parliament itself, the Department is preparing a strategic plan for territorial deployment of the Ertzaintza to "review" the police model developed for decades.
Finally, has announced that it was handled by the elaboration of a new decree on overtime in the Ertzaintza which payment has recognized, this year has a greater delay than in previous years.
In any case, noted that his department wants to establish "soon" the necessary changes within the Ertzaintza to "significantly reduce" the number of extra hours of service.