The PSOE in Torrevieja has announced its support for the request made by the mayor, Eduardo Dolón, who is calling for an increase in the number of state security forces in the city. The spokesperson for the socialist municipal group, Bárbara Soler, stated that more personnel are needed and that the party has always defended this position.
Soler highlighted that the improvement in crime statistics during the first seven months of 2026 is positive news, acknowledging the indisputable and enormous work carried out by the security forces in Torrevieja.
Furthermore, the socialist spokesperson recalled that the PSOE voted in favour of requesting more officers. She pointed out that there is currently the largest workforce ever recorded in the history of the State security forces. In this regard, she explained that since 2018, more than 13,000 positions lost between 2012 and 2017 under the Partido Popular have been recovered and exceeded.
“In other words, it is growing and Torrevieja is receiving personnel, although at a slower pace than we would like because there were not enough officers thanks to the management of the PP when they were in government,” Soler noted.
The socialist spokesperson pointed out that the mayor is asking for one hundred officers immediately, knowing the complexity this entails, since the positions created are for all of Spain. However, she expressed her confidence that resources will be allocated to Torrevieja as swiftly as possible.
“The PSOE of Torrevieja will support Mr Dolón when it comes to demanding more personnel for Torrevieja. We need them, as he himself rightly said, because the city has grown in such a way that its public services have not been able to grow at the same rate. And that growth has a direct impact on the city’s public services,” Soler affirmed.
In this context, the socialist spokesperson urged the mayor to demand from the Generalitat, with the same vehemence, an increase in the public services under its jurisdiction, particularly in education and health, as well as the application of the Housing Law.
“Those who have allowed this unsustainable growth are the ones who must demand the increase in public services,” Soler indicated. “If excuses, deadlines and self-criticism are not valid, it is not valid for any administration or any subject.”
For the socialist spokesperson, the debate on security personnel cannot be separated from Torrevieja’s growth model. “Torrevieja has grown in a totally unsustainable manner. That is a reality,” she stated.
Soler explained that for years, urban developments have been approved, allowing thousands of people to come and live in Torrevieja without public services growing at the same time.
“Because the problem is not only security. We are overwhelmed in education, in health, we have a very serious problem with access to housing, we have mobility and infrastructure problems,” she warned.
Therefore, Soler demanded that those who permitted this growth must also be the ones to ensure public services measure up. “If Torrevieja needs more Guardia Civil officers, more schools, more doctors, more health infrastructure and more housing policies, it is also because Torrevieja has grown in a totally uncontrolled manner.”
The socialist spokesperson also recalled the various responsibilities that Eduardo Dolón holds at the regional and health levels, arguing that he should use them to address Torrevieja’s needs. In education, she called for solutions and commitments for the thousands of students in the city, alongside an increase in vocational training, a rejection of cuts to the Official Language School, and decent centres with adequate staff and resources.
Regarding health, she considered the proposed expansion necessary but “insufficient” given the city’s projected growth and new urban developments. On housing, Soler argued that the Generalitat must use all available tools to guarantee the right to housing, including applying the Housing Law.
The socialist spokesperson noted that the PSOE will go into detail on education, health, and housing in due course, providing data and proposals, and pointing out the corresponding responsibilities.
“We have always given and will give our support to any proposal that affects the well-being of the citizens of our city. That is why we must demand that all administrations address matters within their competence,” she concluded.
“That is why we agree with Eduardo Dolón when he asks for more Guardia Civil officers. And we hope he agrees with us when we ask for more schools, more secondary schools, more health resources, and more public housing. Because all these needs are real, and Torrevieja cannot continue to grow without its public services growing at the same rate.”
