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Many of them already did, if you asked nicely. Nevertheless, that’s good.This was in El Correo Gallego this morning (in Spanish):
Habilitado el sellado de la credencial peregrina en comisarías de la Policía Nacional
El despliegue anunciado por la Policía Nacional para proteger el Camino de Santiago comienza hoy con la puesta en marcha del dispositivo Protegemos el...www.elcorreogallego.es
And also appeared in La Voz de Galicia - Santiago:
La Policía desplegará 3.600 agentes en el Camino de Santiago y pondrá un enlace con peregrinos en todas las comisarías
La página web del cuerpo promocionará la ruta y todas las dependencias serán centros oficiales de sellado de credencialeswww.lavozdegalicia.es
Long story short, the Policia Nacional will stamp your credential at its stations along the various Caminos. This might be a good way to hep the police keep the Caminos safe.
Hope this helps.
Tom
...and at a gas station in Sant Cugat when walking from Barcelona to Monserrat. Not one cafe or restaurant in the town had a stamp! The woman looked at me pretty weird but she stamped my credential!
?That the women Guardias seem to be very goodlooking is a superficial and immature consideration, and more spiritually inclined pilgrims will overlook this observation.
It means oursonpolaire has a sense of humour?
What does that mean?
I walked my first Camino Frances in the fall of 2015, shortly after the body of Denise Thiem was found. On the route out of Astorga, three police cars passed me on the road parallel to the camino route. I was alone and moving slowly on a rough patch of trail at one point in the afternoon when one of the cars stopped near me. A woman police officer got out and asked me if I was okay. She was middle-aged and ordinary looking. I was grateful for her interest and replied that I was fine. I observe that young and attractive persons are used for promoting all careers, but this woman, and the police cars passing by, certainly reassured me, fulfilling part of their purpose as police officers. I am sure that they do their best to protect even "superficial and immature" pilgrims.That the women Guardias seem to be very goodlooking is a superficial and immature consideration, and more spiritually inclined pilgrims will overlook this observation.
When we were walking the Mozarabe in 2015, we were surprised when the Guardia Civil pulled up beside us one day while we were walking a particularly long and hot stage. They were very kind, just checking in that we were doing well and had enough water - they were carrying a supply of water in the car. Another fond memory of the magical Mozarabe.Thanks for posting this. In addition to the news that you can now get your credenciales stamped in National Police stations (I wonder how many pilgrims will go into municipal police stations, or guardia civil stations looking for stamps now!), there is also good news about security measures.
— In every national police station along the Camino (assuming this means only Camino Francés, but it doesn’t say), there will be one officer dedicated to safety on the camino.
— their web page will be updated to include safety information
— a total of 3600 national police officers will be involved with this initiative to focus on safety on the camino.
In light of the recent posting about an incident near Avilés, this is welcome news.
The Guardia Civil has already increased its vigilance. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has had officers in cars or on horses stop to see how I’m doing. I hope the Guardia and the National Police can collaborate without friction, because I know that in some of the investigations of crime on the camino, the two really have a lot of turf battles. Maybe at the level of actual service provision, there will be less friction.
GotchaIt means oursonpolaire has a sense of humour
Far out helmets!
I’m surprised to see this picture, @jsalt.
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