Overview
- Most Unidad de Policía Adscrita posts at the Parlamento de Galicia and San Caetano will be vacated in the coming weeks, with static protection handed to private security firms.
- Roughly a dozen officers now on those posts will be redeployed to higher‑priority duties including protection of victims of gender‑based violence and minors, wildfire work, environmental protection and anti‑poaching.
- The unit operates with about 339–343 officers out of 500 authorized, reflecting years without new hiring and an average age above 50 that officials say strains capacity.
- Police unions CEP and SUP object to replacing officers with private guards, citing lower training and the absence of police powers such as conducting frisking when needed.
- Galicia says Interior wants the region to cover half of agents’ salaries and all other unit costs, which it estimates would raise its bill from €5 million to €15 million after talks with Minister Fernando Grande‑Marlaska failed.