The President of the Alicante Provincial Council Luisa Pastor presided over the award ceremony at the MARQ for the VII Awards for Police Science and Public Safety Studies'. of the province. A study on a tool for investigating traffic accidents and another on the roots of jihadism won the prizes. Rafael Bonet and Trino Quijanorespectively, in this year's edition. The Association of Local Police Chiefs of the Province of Alicante (AJPLA) in collaboration with the provincial institution promotes these awards in which the Generalitat Valenciana and the Miguel Hernández University of Elche also collaborate.
The winner of the Trino Quijano Award was Francisco Javier Castrowhile the Rafael Bonet award went to José Sánchez Martí. During the ceremony, other special mentions were also awarded. In this sense, Pastor collected on behalf of the Diputación de Alicante the award "Special Merit of the Local Police".