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Idea to create new foreign tourist police in Benidorm
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By h.b. - Jul 4, 2008 - 7:36 AM
View of Benidorm's levante beach - Archive Photo EFE
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A similar scheme is already in operation in Madrid, and would see more personalised help in their own language for foriegn victims of crime in the town.

The Government Sub-delegation in Alicante has suggested to Benidorm City Hall that they create a new integrated service to help foreign tourists. The SATE service would offer foreigners integrated help and assistance in the case that they are victims of crime, attending to the tourist in their own language.

Government Sub-delegate, Encarna Llinares, told the press yesterday that the idea is already established and working well in Madrid where it was started in 2006, but this would be a pioneering scheme in the Valencia region.

She said that there was no formal agreement yet in place to start the scheme in Benidorm, but that she was keen to do so as the town has an ideal place, given the profile of tourists there.


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Readers' comments:
hugh
04 Jul 2008, 10:30
Years ago there was a tourist police on Rhodes. We went to them to report abuse from cafe owners, when we had complained about daiy rising coffee prices.
The tourist police looked blank- no, they explained, we are for arresting tourists...
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