San Javier will open a new local police station in La Manga on 15 December at kilometre six in the Manga Beach urbanisation. The move aims to end a long-standing gap in surveillance that has left the resort without continuous cover because patrols have had to travel forty kilometres to the San Javier station to change shifts. The mayor, José Miguel Luengo, has said the council will leave behind the unproductive hours officers spend travelling.

With the new premises already in place, five officers and two subinspectors have been assigned to La Manga, which will allow an immediate, near‑round‑the‑clock patrol but only on alternate weeks because of the force’s week-on, week-off rota. The council has advertised twenty-one new posts; five will be permanently based at La Manga and full time coverage is expected once they join in 2026. A mass recruitment process has attracted 720 applicants and the first tests — a psychotechnical assessment and interview — are scheduled for 13 December. Selected candidates will face medical and fitness tests, six months of training and may be ready to join the force by the end of next year.

The purchase and adaptation of the Manga Beach premises has cost 400,000 euros. The station includes operational rooms, a detainees’ cell, interview and report rooms, a victims’ room for gender-based and vulnerable victims, plus staff rest areas, changing rooms and security systems; an office for Civil Protection has been set up at the rear. Councillors say shortfalls in coverage will persist until the new officers arrive, and they are studying additional measures to speed up full police presence.