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The retired chief commissioner, Dr. José García Molina, will take office

The Governing Council appoints Director of the new University Training Center of the National Police

José García Molina has held the position of deputy general director of Logistics and Innovation from March 2019 until his retirement and has developed his professional career in different specialties including training in the National Police

The approval of the Statutes of the Center, approved on August 1 by the Council of Ministers, will allow the signing of the corresponding secondment agreement with the University of Salamanca for the beginning of the Degree in Police Studies

University Centre Governing Council meeting

09/09/2022

The Governing Council of the University Training Centre of the National Police, after a meeting chaired by the Director-General of the Police, Francisco Pardo Piqueras, has appointed retired Chief Commissioner José García Molina as director of the autonomous body. García Molina has held the position of deputy general director of Logistics and Innovation since March 2019 and has developed his professional career in different specialties, including training in the National Police. The approval of the statutes of the University Center, approved on August 1 by the Council of Ministers, will allow the signing of the corresponding secondment agreement with the University of Salamanca for the beginning of the Bachelor's Degree in Police Studies.

After establishing the Governing Council of the University Training Center of the National Police, as a superior collegiate body of government, after a meeting chaired by the head of the General Directorate of the Police Francisco Pardo Piqueras, he has appointed as director of the University Center the main commissioner José García Molina.

Proven experience in the field of management

José García Molina, who joined the National Police in 1984, has held until his retirement the position of Assistant Director-General for Logistics and Innovation since March 2019, has developed his professional career in the fields of citizen security, information and training and improvement, having been head of the Training and Improvement Division and director of the National Police School, where the University Training Center of the National Police will have its headquarters.

Although the centre will have its main headquarters in the National Police School, in the city of Ávila, it will be able to have other headquarters to provide teaching leading to the acquisition of official university degrees, promote the acquisition of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of interest of the National Police, and define and develop lines of investigation that are considered of interest to the National Police. In addition, the University Center will collaborate, when so determined, with other entities and bodies of teaching and research, public or private.

Digital skills, cybercrime and financial crime

Among other qualifications, the University Master’s Degree in Police Security and Function will be taught with the aim of training future inspectors in command subjects and in digital skills, cybercrime and financial crime, as well as sufficient language skills for the promotion of international police activity.

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