The Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands issued on October 18 a decree declaring the firmness of a sentence dated last July by which the Interior has to pay a National Police Tenerife the expenses derived from his uniform, despite the fact that, due to the circumstances in which he serves, he has to dress in civilian clothes.
It is the first time that it has been issued after the Supreme Court decided last September an appeal from five other national police officers who had claimed for the same, understanding that “the officials of the National Police Force who provide services in mandatory uniform destinations , exempted from use due to regulatory requirements, they are entitled to financial compensation for clothing reasons just like police officers assigned to dynamic surveillance services for personalities ”.
The Supreme Court argued then, as now the TSJC, that if the rule that regulates uniformity exempts from the use of the same to officials who serve in the Judicial Police, Information, Immigration or bodyguards, among others, “it is not acceptable” to restrict the possible collection of compensation for clothing only to a certain group among all those provided for in the standard.
Just a month later, the claims made from the Spanish Police Confederation (CEP) have borne fruit with respect to an official who works as the Judicial Police in Puerto de la Cruz.
