A National Police to be accused of crime of infidelity by officer in keeping documents In the first session of the trial, he denied that he had confiscated the narcotic substances seized during the intervention of the police teams. Alcoy outpost and that you manipulated the intervention records. The representative admitted that he had only entered the unit holding small quantities of narcotics seized under the Citizens’ Security Act twice and each time took half a gram of cocaine, but in both cases he regretted it. He returned the drug, according to a statement he made before the popular jury that tried him this week. Court of Alicante.
The prosecution first seeks to sentence the accused 40-year-old national police officer to four years’ imprisonment, a fine of 6,000 euros, and a special disqualification from employment or public service for the charge of disloyalty in the custody of documents by an officer. has been on the job for six years. The defense demands acquittal by denying the facts that are the subject of the accusation.
narcotic intervention
according to the accusation made by Prosecutor’s Office The defendant, who works at the Alcoy Police Station, “confiscated a narcotic substance seized during the interventions of the police.” According to the prosecution, the drugs were in small envelopes attached to the relevant intervention records and allegedly the accused failed his “office duties” and seized it before it was sent to the Health Zone of the Sub-Governmental delegation in Alicante for analysis.
The Public Department’s prosecution cites four cases committed “on an indefinite date” in the summer of 2020, in which agents manipulated records of intervention given to citizens to consume or possess narcotics on public roads.
According to the statement made by the prosecutor’s office, the police officer, emptied the attached report envelope allegedly contained doses of cocaine. The drugs were held at the Alcoy Police Station and allegedly the suspect, key for emergencies It is located in the dependencies file.
Likewise, on 24 and 25 September 2020, he allegedly manipulated the other three intervention reports and emptied the enclosed envelopes into the Police. had replaced the drug with a harmless substance to clarify the disappearance. Drugs were seized at Alcoy Police Station.
three shifts
The accused has been a police officer since 2008 and Stationed in Alcoy since 2011In his statement, he explained that he “never” stole drugs at the police station and pointed out that his colleagues left the records together with the substance in the complaints office, but that three officers passed by there in the three shifts determined.
The aforementioned drug-related records were collected every morning except weekends and transferred to another office of the Citizens’ Security Brigade attached to the Alcoy Police Station. The defendant admitted at trial. Went there twice by “searching for pages” and that when he saw the box with the minutes, he took a dose of cocaine and kept it for himself. However, he later claims I felt “embarrassed” he went back to the office for what he had done and put the paper back in the envelope. He did the same the next day and returned it, according to his version.
Police defense made a mess officer’s acquittal claiming he didn’t steal drugs and had 30+ representatives with “potential access” to the minutes your intervention. HE attorney Gerson Vidal Rodriguez The defense report, which was read to the popular jury, states that the containment of the drug-related records is “incomplete”, lacking oversight, and not even handed over. In his statement, the defendant pointed out that there was a key belonging to the Secretariat of Citizen Security, where drug-related records were kept before being sent to Drugs. Health and his presence was known to the vast majority of the team, especially veterans.
On the other hand, the defense points out that the police officer has been in a stressful situation since the beginning of summer 2020 due to his father’s serious illness and job, so he used benzodiazepines and cocaine to alleviate his condition.
Anxiety
When the prosecutor asked questions about the case, the police evaluated his statement. Alcoy Education Court, He added that, according to the prosecution, after he admitted the facts and denied that he had taken two doses of half-gram cocaine, he had returned them and had already said so at the time; It was not reflected in his statements in court. He added that he signed the statement without reading it because he was too “concerned” and insisted, “I am an honest cop.” The defendant added that his father’s condition worsened and the treatment was not enough for him. diazepam for anxiety and “I made a mistake trying cocaine” to try to calm down
The agent’s defense questioned at the hearing: nine fingerprints will not be collated He stated that they did not provide a copy of all the hidden camera recordings made during the investigation that resulted in the arrest of the accused and that they were in the cardboard box containing the drugs.
At the hearing, it is questioned from the defense that the investigation was carried out by a commander of the Alcoy Police Station, rather than being reported to the Police Department. interiorAs in 2015.