Baja California has added 51 new marked patrol vehicles and 103 newly graduated police officers to its security forces, state officials announced during a ceremony led by Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda. The governor said the investment is meant to boost police response times and expand surveillance coverage across the state.
Ávila Olmeda said the upgrades are part of a historic investment in public safety, noting that her administration has allocated more than 10 billion pesos to the sector over the past four years. The funding, she said, has gone toward strengthening the State Department of Citizen Security, the State Attorney General’s Office, and the Judicial Branch.
Of the new patrol cars, 18 were assigned to the State Citizen Security Force (FESC). The rest were distributed to the municipalities of San Felipe (1), Ensenada (2), Playas de Rosarito (8), Tecate (8), and San Quintín (14).
The governor also oversaw the graduation of 103 cadets from the “Lieutenant Alberto Bonilla Colmenero” General Militarized High School. The new officers will be deployed to state and municipal police agencies, including the FESC, Penitentiary Security, and police departments in Mexicali, Tijuana, Tecate, Ensenada, Rosarito, and San Quintín.
“Mission accomplished. Today they cease to be cadets and become police officers in the service of the citizens. They graduate for the well-being of our people, because this is how we understand security in this government, as a profound act of service; a daily commitment to justice,” the governor said.
Laureano Carrillo Rodríguez, head of the State Department of Citizen Security, said the latest graduating class brings the administration’s total to 1,671 new officers.
“The mission is clear: to recover citizen trust and to work under the values of honesty, bravery, discipline, and strict respect for human rights. On this path, you will find challenges, but also the satisfaction of protecting lives, preventing injustices, and supporting those who need it most,” he said.
The ceremony concluded with a message from cadet Jonathan Andrés Valdez Benítez, who encouraged his fellow graduates to serve with humility and honor, reinforcing public confidence in the state’s security forces.
