Córdoba announces eight positions for deputy inspector of the Local Police

The Córdoba City Council has called for the provision in ownership of 8 positions of deputy inspector/a of the Local Police, career civil servants, through a competitive examination in the internal promotion turn. The call, approved by Decree No. 2026/13604, of 7 August 2026, is published this Thursday, 13 August 2026, in the Official Bulletin of the Province of Córdoba, with reference BOP-A-2026-2832.

The resolution comes from the Deputy Mayor Delegate for Human Resources and Occupational Health, in the exercise of powers delegated by the Mayor’s Office (Decree No. 8377, of 17 June 2023) and by the Local Government Board (agreement No. 602/23, of 26 June 2023). The positions, vacant in the civil service staff roster, belong to the Public Employment Offers (OPE) of 2023, 2024 and 2025, with a total expenditure for the 2026 financial year of 248,608.82 euros, reflected in accounting document No. RC 12026002176.

The positions are classified within the Special Administration Scale, Special Services Subscale, Local Police class, with remuneration corresponding to Group A, Subgroup A2, extra payments, seniority bonuses and other emoluments. They are distributed by employment offers:

• OPE 2023: code 413.
• OPE 2024: codes 410, 422, 425 and 426.
• OPE 2025: codes 3077, 3078 and 3918.

Requirements and applications

Agents in active service in the Córdoba City Council, or in an administrative situation entitling them to internal promotion, who meet the requirements set out in the bases, may participate:

• Having remained for at least two years in the immediately lower category in the Local Police forces of Andalusia.
• Holding a university qualification (Doctorate, Master’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Technical Engineering, Technical Architecture or Diploma) or an equivalent recognized qualification.
• Having no entries for serious or very serious misconduct in the personal file, except those that have been cancelled.
• Not being in second activity, except for reasons of pregnancy or risk during breastfeeding.
• Possessing the functional capacity to perform the duties of deputy inspector.

Applications shall be submitted electronically through the City Council’s electronic office, addressed to the Mayor-President, within twenty business days from the day following the publication of the extract of the call in the Official State Bulletin.

Selection process and merit assessment

The procedure combines an opposition phase and a competition phase. The opposition consists of a questionnaire of 100 questions, with at least 5 reserve questions and four alternative answers —incorrect answers are penalized by one quarter of the value of a correct answer—, plus the written resolution of a practical case; a minimum of 5 points is required in each part, and at least three hours are allowed.

The competition phase, which is not eliminatory, accounts for 45% of the total score and assesses merits up to a maximum of 120 points, in accordance with the scale in Annex I of the terms:

• Academic qualifications (maximum 20 points), language proficiency (5), seniority (40), training (20), teaching (15), publications (10), and decorations (10).

The examining board shall be composed of career civil servants: a president, a secretary (holder of the Support Body for the Local Government Board or a delegated person) and four members, each with their respective alternates.

Training course and appointment

Those who pass the competitive examination shall be appointed as trainee civil servants and must complete a training course of at least 150 hours at the Andalusian Institute of Emergencies and Public Safety (IESPA), at accredited schools or at municipal Local Police schools, before their appointment as career civil servants. The call is governed by Law 6/2023, of July 7, on Local Police of Andalusia, and by Decree 8/2026, of February 3, on entry, internal promotion and training of Andalusian local police. The extract of the terms will also be published in the BOJA and in the BOE.

The call opens a pathway for active officers to rise to the top of the corps and reinforces the command structure of the Local Police of the capital, within the framework of municipal public employment planning for 2023-2025. Interested parties should watch for the publication of the extract in the BOE, which will activate the deadline for submitting applications.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba, No. 156, August 13, 2026, Section VI – Local Administration, p. 12331 (official reference: BOP-A-2026-2832).