Tortosa makes three Local Police officers career civil servants

The City Council of Tortosa has appointed three Local Police officers as full-time career civil servants, according to mayoral resolution 4709/2026, dated October 20. The appointment is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona on October 29, 2026, with the official reference CVE 2026-09834 and an electronic signature date of October 21, 2026. The three candidates had previously passed the selection process for definitive coverage corresponding to file 2024-RRH-C0502-000009.

A mayoral resolution that closes the selection process

The resolution, signed by Mayor Maria del Mar Lleixà Fortuño, is framed within the NINTH clause of the rules governing the call and is issued in accordance with the final results of the selection process. The administrative act converts the three candidates who had already passed the tests into career civil servants, meaning they cease to be personnel awaiting appointment and move to occupy a definitive position on the municipal payroll.

The positions filled correspond to the special administration scale, special services sub-scale, local police class, Local Police Officer category, basic scale. The assigned professional classification group is C1.

The three new officers

The appointments fall to the three selected candidates, identified in the official text with partially hidden identity documents:

• Claudio Franco Smeets (DNI *2296)
• Xavier Lucero Gisbert (DNI *7597)
• Juan Verge Chillida (DNI *5556)

All three take possession of the category of Local Police Officer as career civil servants and on a full-time basis, according to the literal wording of the published announcement.

Conditions of the appointment

The appointment is formalized with the following characteristics, as stated in the announcement:

• Scale: special administration, special services sub-scale.
• Class: local police; category: Local Police Officer.
• Basic scale, professional classification subgroup C1.
• Regime: career civil servant, full-time.
• Reference file: 2024-RRH-C0502-000009.
• Applied clause: NINTH of the call’s rules.

The publication of the resolution in the gazette serves as public notification and triggers the corresponding administrative effects for the interested parties and for the City Council. The resolution is based on the final results of the call, meaning the appointment does not alter the selection order but rather consolidates it as a definitive legal status.

Impact for the municipality

With these three appointments, Tortosa closes one of the selection processes opened two terms ago and reinforces the Local Police staff with personnel already trained within the force and with permanent positions. For the residents, the consolidation of three officers as career civil servants provides stability to a proximity service and reduces dependence on temporary provision formulas; for the candidates still participating in other calls within the same field, the resolution confirms the criterion of the orderly closing of processes based on final results.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona, October 29, 2026, section I, p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE 2026-09834).