Palma.—The Special Police Attention to Tourists (SPAT) responded to a total of 9,839 incidents during the summer season this year and spent 35,512 hours ensuring the maximum level safety in the region’s largest holiday resorts.
The Minister for Public Administration, Juan Manuel Lafuente, said yesterday that this year, the service began operating in 21 municipalities across the Balearics. And, next summer, new the service will be operating in eight new municipalities; Estellencs, Inca, Manacor, Muro, Porreres, Sa Pobla and Es Mercadel in Minorca and San Joan in Ibiza. An extra eight members of the service are also going to recruited taking the total strength of the force to 50.
Tourist police involved in nearly 10,000 incidents
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