Port Police have new uniforms
19/01/2009
Today at the Port of Palma, the PAB presented new uniforms to the Port Authority Police, the same day that they entered in force in the five ports that it manages: Palma, Alcudia, Ibiza, Mahon and La Savina. The chairman of the PAB, Francesc Triay, was the person in charge presenting the new uniforms to the press, in a ceremony held this morning at the headquarters of the PAB in the port of Palma. He was accompanied by the director of the Port Association, Angel Matias, the chief of the Division of Services and Police, Jose Maria Felipe and the head of the Human Resources Division, Joan Ginard. The move to change the uniforms of the officers of the Port Police was motivated by the wish to modernize the image of the PAB, as well as to fulfil the request of the Ports of the State to differentiate the figure of the Port Police from the rest of security forces operating in the area of port domain. Members of the Port Police will also, as of today, carry a new individual credential that verifies them as Agents of the Port Administration. Altogether, in the ports of the PAB, there are approximately 140 agents, a number that increases to about 180 in high season with the addition of temporary employees. The presence of female officers is about 13 per cent. The Port of Palma has 79 agents of the PAB, Ibiza 27, Mahon 21, Alcudia 6 and Savina 9
