Beach beat for British bobbies in Majorca
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TWO British police officers joined their Spanish counterparts in patrolling the streets of a notorious Majorcan beach resort yesterday in a bid to tackle disorderly British holidaymakers.
Starting at 7am the two officers — a man and a woman from the central West Midlands region — could be seen walking the deserted streets of Magaluf, one of several notorious resorts in the Balearic Islands. With them were four Spanish police officers.
These two British “bobbies” — both of whom speak Spanish, according to a correspondent — began patrolling beaches in the area on Monday and will remain a week on Majorca before moving to San Antonio on the neighboring island of Ibiza.
Magaluf in Majorca attracts hundreds of thousands of British tourists each year, lured by the promise of easy sex and plentiful alcohol, while San Antonio also has a reputation for hedonism.
The two-week trial is aimed at helping the Spanish police in investigations where Britons are involved whether as victims, witnesses or offenders, the West Midlands police force said.
Magaluf, where some 85 percent of holidaymakers are Britons, made global headlines last year after a video showing a young woman performing oral sex on several men on the dance floor of a nightclub went viral.
Local authorities subsequently introduced new rules regulating pub crawls and have also banned “balconing” — jumping from one apartment balcony to another or into a swimming pool — after several deaths in recent years.
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