The PSC municipal group in Girona has demanded that the City Council assume an active role in the city's security policy after the latest data published by the Ministry of Interior on robberies with violence.
According to those figures, Girona ranks 23rd among municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants with one of the highest rates of violent robberies in Spain. In 2025, 274 cases were recorded, with a rate of 252.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Even so, the figure represents a decrease of 25.5% compared to 2024, when 368 incidents were registered.
The PSC asks for more municipal involvement
The socialists maintain that these data highlight the need to change the approach of municipal security policy, with more institutional leadership, more police coordination, and clearer preventive planning.
"To delegate the entire security matter to the Generalitat Police as the mayor does is an irresponsibility" - Josep Palouzié, councillor of PSC Girona pel Canvi
"Security is a shared responsibility and the City Council must play an active role" - Josep Palouzié, councilor of PSC Girona pel Canvi
Palouzié, former head of the Girona Municipal Police for twenty years, has warned that security cannot be delegated or managed only from outside the City Council. Along these lines, the group advocates strengthening joint work between the Municipal Police and the Mossos d'Esquadra, in addition to improving coordination with other municipal services.
Lack of personnel and night shift
The PSC has warned that the lack of agents in the Municipal Police continues to be one of the main structural problems of the service. The group places the shortage of personnel as one of the central deficits of the current system.
"There is a general lack of police officers in Girona" - Josep Palouzié, councilor of PSC Girona pel Canvi
Palouzié has pointed out that the situation becomes especially complicated during the night shift, when available resources are more limited. In his opinion, with the current staff it is very difficult to deploy a preventive and community police force, which is why on many occasions one can only act reactively, when the problem has already occurred.
Criticisms to the budgets and to the current model
The socialist group has also criticized that the recently approved municipal budgets do not prioritize security, neither in the increase of staff nor in the investment in technology and surveillance systems.
Furthermore, it has recalled that Girona still does not have an Urban Security Plan, a tool that, according to the PSC, should serve to plan the police presence in the streets, analyze risks and coordinate the different actors involved.
"What is missing is a strategic and careful planning of police presence in the streets" - Josep Palouzié, councilor of PSC Girona pel Canvi
"Without a clear strategy, the city always arrives late to problems" - Josep Palouzié, councilor of PSC Girona for Change
Palouzié has also defended a transversal view on security and has pointed out that the capacity to anticipate risk situations is key. In that framework, he has proposed reinforcing coordination with social services to improve the management of vulnerability situations and prevent some conflicts from escalating into more serious problems.
Request for a debate on security in Girona
The PSC Girona pel Canvi considers that the known data should serve to open a serene debate about the city's security model.
"Girona needs more agents, more technology and more planning, but above all it needs institutional leadership and real coordination between police forces and municipal services. Security cannot be improvised" - Josep Palouzié, councilor of PSC Girona pel Canvi