The General Directorate of Police has ordered the immediate dismissal of Rafael Ferris as head of the Valencia Center District Police Department after he made several jokes about immigrants and crime at a public event organized by Vox. Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ferris, who is the chief inspector, held the position on secondment, that is, it was not his opposition position and was appointed by administrative decision.
In addition, Ferris is the subject of confidential information pending the possible opening of a disciplinary file. This is a preliminary investigation to determine whether there are signs of regulatory misconduct. If so, the disciplinary regime means that the instructor and the secretary will open a case and after several months of investigation will conclude with a proposal to file or sanction minor, serious or very serious misconduct.
The Chief Inspector of the National Police assured in the aforementioned act last Friday that “virtually all the detainees held by the police and the Civil Guard are foreigners”, which clearly contradicts the data of the Central Registry of Prisoners. Establishes a ratio of one foreigner for every three convicted Spaniards.
According to the Central Register of Prisoners, 410,842 crimes were committed in Spain in 2021. A total of 308,969 were committed by Spaniards, the rest (101,873) by foreigners. Of these foreigners, 32,696 are of African descent, lower than those from Latin America. In total, according to the same data, 282,210 persons were convicted, of which 212,259 were of Spanish nationality, 69,951 were foreigners.
Despite this, in front of a publicly available audience, Ferris said in Valencia: “Virtually all those arrested by the police and the Civil Guard are foreigners.” Of the more than 300,000 Hispanics who have been arrested for crimes, Ferris said: It doesn’t exist. Does not exist any more. And come on, in other police stations exactly the same. When I understand these percentages, 30, 40, 50… it seems absurd to me, it has absolutely nothing to do with reality, because unfortunately, practically all detainees detained by the police and civil guard today are foreigners. People from abroad, in a wider sense of the word than they imagine.”
The origin of these people is indicated by the second statement of the policeman, which collides with the reality of migrants who risk their lives, sometimes for years, to reach Europe via the Spanish coast. “All the people who arrived in small boats are ex-prisoners, they have just been released from prison and they are coming here, and we can’t explain how. They will not bequeath to Spain only criminals and ex-prisoners by Algeria,” he assured.
Source: El Diario
