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Canary Islands Police Unions Denounce Campaign Against Leadership and Block Commander's Promotion

UGT and CCOO defend the work environment and warn of a maneuver to impose Luis Santos Jara as chief commissioner.

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The union sections of UGT and CCOO of the General Body of the Canary Islands Police have issued a joint statement defending the current work environment and denouncing an orchestrated campaign to change the body's leadership.

The union sections of UGT and CCOO of the General Body of the Canary Islands Police (CGPC) have issued a joint statement defending the current work environment within the institution and denouncing an orchestrated campaign to provoke a change in the body's leadership. "Currently, there is a good work environment in the Canary Islands Police, and we will not allow it to be destroyed," warn both unions, pointing to "historic and tangible advances" in the agents' working conditions thanks to the willingness to dialogue from the current leadership and the General Directorate.
The statement is based on a report signed by ten commanders from the Insular Commissariat of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on May 20, 2026. In it, they denounce "unsustainable situations" that, in their opinion, "undermine the chain of command itself and destroy the work environment." According to the unions, the document points out "directly and unequivocally" that all this conflict "is being caused by a single police commander: Luis Santos Jara".
The General Directorate of Security has intervened "urgently," urging the leadership to adopt preventive measures "to protect the health of the agents" and ordering the opening of a "reserved inquiry to clarify these very serious events and determine disciplinary responsibilities".
The unions emphatically reject any scenario where Luis Santos Jara could take command, arguing that the staff does not want him as chief due to his "policy of fear," characterized by "constant tension, lack of empathy, imposition of restrictive directives," and management that "completely fractured internal cohesion".
UGT and CCOO consider the media and political pressure regarding "corrective measures" to be "a smokescreen" aimed at "generating a false scenario of institutional crisis to force the Administration to appoint Luis Santos Jara as chief commissioner".
Both organizations express their "total and absolute support" for the current chief commissioner, Antonio Almenara Barroso, and show their agreement with the management of the Director General of Security, David del Pino Franquet, valuing his "courage to face this problem head-on".

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