Eduard Puertas, new interim local police officer until 2028

The Official Gazette of the Province of Girona has published the appointment of Eduard Puertas Cabezas as an interim civil servant, local police officer, on a full-time basis. The decision was formalized by Mayoral Resolution 2026DECR002393, dated October 30, 2026, and the edict appears in BOP no. 211, dated November 3, 2026, with the official reference BOP-2026_0_211_9481.

The announcement is made public in application of article 35 of Decree 233/2002, of September 25, which approves the Regulations for access, promotion, and mobility of local police. The associated administrative file is X2026003964 and the title of the edict is “Appointment of interim civil servant police officer vacant position”. The document appears in the Local Administration – City Councils section of the provincial gazette and is electronically signed and dated October 30, 2026.

A vacant position from the staff approved in 2025

The position that Eduard Puertas Cabezas will occupy is that of local police officer, which appears in the corporation’s personnel staff approved by the Corporate Plenary on May 29, 2025. It is, therefore, a position already provided for in the current list of job positions and not a new creation.

The conditions of the appointment are as follows:

• Category: local police officer.
• Link: interim civil servant for vacancy.
• Dedication regime: full-time.
• Effective date: November 3, 2026.
• Deadline: July 24, 2028, or earlier if the position is filled through the regulatory channel.

Maximum term linked to the three-year limit

The continuity of the appointment does not have a fixed end date, but is conditioned on the regulated filling of the position through the corresponding procedure. The ceiling is the end of the three-year period provided for in article 10 of the EBEP, which the edict expressly sets as July 24, 2028.

This implies that, if the selection process is not resolved before that date, the position must be filled by a career civil servant or the interim appointment will expire once the legal term has been exhausted.

Second appointment of the same officer in two weeks

The edict of November 3 is not the first publication of this type referring to Eduard Puertas Cabezas in the provincial gazette during this period. BOP no. 208, of October 28, 2026 (BOP-2026_0_208_9105), published a previous appointment by Mayoral Resolution 2026DECR002290, of October 19, 2026, with a different objective:

• Substitution of a career civil servant during their vacations.
• Period covered: from October 19 to November 1, 2026, both inclusive.
• File: X2026003799.

That first appointment was temporary and limited to the vacation period of the position holder; the new edict, on the other hand, responds to a staff vacancy and has a horizon of up to nearly two years.

Impact for the service and for applicants

The publication formalizes the continuity of the local police service with an interim officer on a full-time basis and, at the same time, leaves open the definitive filling of the position, which must be resolved through an ordinary selection process before July 24, 2028. For readers interested in local public service, the edict establishes the exact timeframe of the interim appointment and confirms that the vacancy is already included in the staff list approved in May 2025, a relevant detail for those preparing candidacies for future calls.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Girona, no. 211, November 3, 2026, Local Administration – City Councils, p. 1 (official reference: BOP-2026_0_211_9481).