No Robertos on the Beat Government refutes criticism from senior officers who state that there were only one or two Guardia Civil patrols per shift across the whole of Ibiza in August.
The Government state that Ibiza has thirteen daily patrols operating during the summer, which equates to three or four
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patrols per shift, but were quick to state that many of the officers are working at the courts controlling the detainees. One prominent Guardia Civil officer describes a change in policing priorities with more time devoted to tourist’s needs rather than fighting crime and states that, “instead of preventing crime, we’re giving
priority to the citizens, so that tourists do not have to wait to register complaints.” Ibiza and Formentera have more than three hundred Guardia Civil agents, of which approximately a third take holidays during the summer. The officer believes that encouraging Guardia Civil officers not to take
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