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Galicia Appoints New Police Brigade Chiefs in A Coruña and Vigo-Redondela

The Government delegate presented the moves as a push to consolidate quarter-to-quarter gains in Galicia’s security indicators.

Overview

  • Government delegate Pedro Blanco formally welcomed commissioners José Ramón Santiago and Miriam Rifais in a meeting attended by regional police chief Pedro Pacheco.
  • José Ramón Santiago takes command of the Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras at the A Coruña provincial station.
  • Miriam Rifais assumes leadership of the Brigada Provincial de Seguridad Ciudadana at the Vigo-Redondela local station.
  • Blanco tasked the new leaders with maintaining the reported improvement in security data across recent quarters, including declines in common crime.
  • Rifais is a biologist and former police scientist noted for work that helped identify Tony Alexander King in the Rocío Wanninkhof case.