Almodóvar del Río approves the final list of admitted candi…

The City Council of Almodóvar del Río has approved the final list of admitted and excluded applicants in the process to fill two Local Police positions through the open competitive examination system. The measure is formalized in Mayor’s Resolution No. 2026/00002838, dated September 25, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba (BOP) No. 191, dated October 2, 2026, with reference BOP-A-2026-3267. The process thus enters its decisive phase, with the first test scheduled for October 27.

A selection process opened in April

The rules governing the call were approved by Mayor’s Resolution No. 2026/00000930, dated April 15, 2026, and were published in the BOP No. 77, dated April 22, 2026, in the Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) No. 91, dated May 14, 2026, and in the Official State Gazette (BOE) No. 125, dated May 22, 2026.

The two vacant positions belong to the civil servant staff of the City Council of Almodóvar del Río, within the Special Administration Scale, Special Services Subscale, Local Police Category. The provisional list of admitted and excluded applicants was published in the BOP No. 162, dated August 21, 2026 and, once the period for corrections had expired, the City Council has resolved the appeals presented. The resolution bears the signature of the mayor, Ramón Hernández Lucena.

Resolved appeals

The resolution grants the appeals of 26 applicants and dismisses that of only one, Antonio Luis Cabrera Sánchez, based on exclusion reason (4), relating to the qualifying degree.

Among the granted appeals are those of Laura María Aguilar Molina, Iván Alcántara García, Daniel Bautista Giraldez, Jesús Coca Noguerol, José Luis Delgado García, Jesús Díez Díaz and Álvaro Domingo Galazo, as well as those of Elisabet Gálvez Barrios, Juan Manuel Escobar Raya, Pablo Cesar Fernandes Angurel, Cristina González García, Lidia Jiménez Alcaide, Rafael Jiménez Rodríguez, Francisco Lumbreras Cañete, Álvaro Luque Espejo, Natalia Márquez Mesa, José Manuel Martínez Flores, Claudia Melendo Montes, Esaúl Molina Mármol, Francisco Jesús Prieto Martínez, Rafael López Vacas, Daniel Revuelta Flores, Ignacio Romero Jiménez, Mónica Vargas Fernández, Lorenzo Vidal Ballesteros and Elena Valle Aragón.

72 admitted and 14 excluded

The final list consists of 72 admitted applicants and 14 excluded. The reasons for exclusion are coded in the annex of the resolution:

(1) Application annex not submitted, not signed, or incorrectly completed.
(2) ID (DNI).
(3) Out of time.
(4) Qualifying degree not submitted or not properly accredited.
(5) Fee.
(6) A2 License.
(7) B License.

Among those definitively excluded are Rafael Velasco Guzmán (6), Jesús López Vega (1), Mario Osuna Zamorano (1)(4), Antonio Hinojosa García (1)(6)(7), Alfonso Alcántara García (6)(7), Sergio Salinas Galán (1), José Antonio Salinas Díaz (1)(4), José Luis Sánchez Gil (1)(4), José Alberto Bermúdez Puerto (1), Laura Vázquez Gutiérrez (4), David Gálvez Herman (4), Adrián Valle Gómez (4), and Mónica Córdoba Casado (1)(3).

Qualifying Board and Exam Date

The resolution also appoints the board that will evaluate the process:

President: María José Jiménez Carmona, General Administration Technician of the Almodóvar del Río City Council; substitute, Manuel Torres Rodríguez, Secretary-Comptroller of the Guadalcázar City Council.
Member 1: Joaquín Recio Lerma, Local Police of Almodóvar del Río; substitute, Fátima Gómez Sola, Deputy Secretary of the Écija City Council.
Member 2: Lucía Manrique Linares, Secretary of the Fuente Palmera City Council; substitute, Mª del Pilar Ezcurra Atayde, Comptroller of the Gines City Council.
Member 3: María Heredia Rejano, Secretary-Comptroller of the San Sebastián de los Ballesteros City Council; substitute, Álvaro Galán Luque, Secretary-Comptroller of the ELA of Castil de Campos.
Member 4: Cristian Medina Serrano, Local Police of Almodóvar del Río; substitute, Cristina Aroca Escobar, Secretary-Comptroller of the Pedro Abad City Council.
Secretary: Irene Moreno Nieto, Deputy Secretary of the Almodóvar del Río City Council; substitute, Rafael Arroyo Amor, Local Police of Almodóvar del Río.

Admitted applicants are summoned to the two exercises that make up the first test (knowledge) of the competitive phase, which will be held on October 27, 2026, at 09:00 hours, in a single call, in the Multi-Purpose Hall of the IES “Cárbula” of Almodóvar del Río, on Avenida Alcalde Manuel Alba. Candidates must arrive provided with their National Identity Document.

Relevance

An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the resolution within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months, counted from the day following its publication. The final list closes the admission phase and leaves 72 applicants at the doors of the exam that will decide the filling of the two Local Police positions in Almodóvar del Río.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba, no. 191, of October 2, 2026, Local Administration, pages 14183-14188 (official reference: BOP-A-2026-3267).