The head of investigation of the Mossos, relegated to the Rubí police station

The mayor of the Mossos d'Esquadra Antoni Rodríguez, until now head of the General Police Station for Criminal Investigation of the Mossos d'Esquadra and considered close to Major Josep Lluís Trapero, will be the new head of the Rubí police station (Barcelona). Rodríguez, dismissed last December, has been appointed head of the basic police area of ​​Rubí (Barcelona) after the remodeling of the cupola, as a result of the dismissal of commissioner Josep Lluís Trapero at the head of the body. In replacement of Rodríguez, Mayor Ramon Chacón will be the one who will cover the new headquarters of the General Criminal Investigation Commission. The Minister of the Interior, Joan Ignasi Elena, denied in the Interior Committee in Parliament a purge at the headquarters of the Catalan police after the dismissal of Rodríguez. However, police sources speak of punishment.It is still unknown what will be the new destination of Trapero.

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Rodríguez, a mayor close to Trapero, was appointed deputy chief of the general criminal investigation police station after the restitution of the major in November of last year, although when the number 2 of the body, Ferran López, left the police last April he was promoted to chief of this division, one of the most important of the Catalan police.

From the Criminal Investigation Division, Rodríguez led the police fight against the expansion of marijuana trafficking in Catalonia, as well as investigations such as the one that led to the accusation of the current president of the Parliament, Laura Borràs, for alleged irregular adjudications, among others.

The new destination of the former head of investigation of the Mossos has been announced today along with some thirty new appointments, which are the second phase of the organizational restructuring of the autonomous body, with 14 new territorial positions and 17 positions assigned to central services. Of the 31 new commanders, 7 are commissioners, 19 are mayors and 5, inspectors. The new leadership of the Mossos d'Esquadra is divided into three levels: leadership, strategic management and operational management; A third of the new prefecture is made up of women, as are 50% of the strategic management and 26% of the operational management, which represents the largest female representation in the history of the Catalan police. The average age also changes, from 56 to 50 years in the composition of the leadership,and from 55 to 49 years in the strategic direction of the Catalan police.

The objective of the new appointments and the renewal of the command structure of the Generalitat is to create a more social, close, young, feminized and innovative police force to face new challenges in security, says the Department of the Interior. The restructuring will be consolidated with a third phase of changes that will take place when the calls for promotion in the categories of commissioner, mayor and inspector have been resolved, which will be published next February.

Among the other appointments are that of Commissioner Xavier Porcuna, who will occupy the position of head of the Superior Central Coordination Police Station. Commissioner Dadid Boneta will be the head of the Superior Police Station for Territorial Coordination, with Josep Lluís Rosell as deputy chief, while Miquel Esquius will direct the South Metropolitan Region, Vicenç Lleonart that of Camp de Tarragona and Joan Carles de la Monja that of the Lands of the Ebro. The mayor Sílvia Catà has been appointed deputy chief of the Barcelona Metropolitan Police Region, Montse Estruch deputy chief of the North Metropolitan Police Region and Ignasi Teixidor deputy chief of the South. The mayor Antoni Verger will be in charge of the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat police station (Barcelona) and Marc Caparrós of Terrassa (Barcelona), with the inspector Carles Vallès as deputy chief. In addition,Jordi Ferret will be commissioner in the General Directorate of the Police, Carles Anfruns head of the Central Command Chamber, Rafael Comes responsible for the Police Intelligence Project and the mayor Mònica Lluís, head of the general technical police station for Security Planning.

Other notable appointments are those of Carles Hernàndez at the head of the General Information Commission, the Mayor Miquel Hueso at the Operative Resources Office -with Antoni Sánchez Costa as deputy chief- and Joaquim Bayarri as head of the Technical Planning and Devices Area.