The Civil Guard and the municipalities of Campos and Puigpunyent sign the protocol of accession to the Viogén system

The document signed today in the Government Delegation determines the criteria for coordination between local police and the Civil Guard in the execution and monitoring of judicial measures for the protection of victims

The Civil Guard in the Balearic Islands and the municipalities of Campos and Puigpunyent have signed this Friday, at the headquarters of the Government Delegation in the Balearic Islands, the Viogén protocol of collaboration and coordination between the State Security Forces and Bodies and the Local Police, for the protection of victims of gender violence.

The event was attended by the Government delegate to the Balearic Islands, Aina Calvo; the Colonel Chief of the Balearic Islands Area, Alejandro Hernández; the Mayor of Campos, Francisca Porquer; the Mayor of Puigpunyent, Antoni Marí and the President of Felib, Jaume Ferriol.

The accession of Campos and Puigpunyent to the Viogén protocol was approved at the Local Security Boards of each municipality, held, respectively, in July 2021 and April 2022. The document signed today establishes the criteria for coordination between the local police of these municipalities and the Civil Guard, in the proceedings related to alleged cases of gender violence and in the execution and monitoring of the judicial measures agreed for the protection of victims.

30 acceded municipalities

The System of Comprehensive Monitoring of Cases of Gender Violence was implemented in 2007 by the Ministry of the Interior and, currently, there are 30 municipalities in Balears (18 d’ells, en funcament i 12, en procés de tràmit). On the other hand, in July 2022 the Ministry and the Autonomous Community signed the agreement of accession to Viogén of the units of the Balearic Government, the island consells and the City of Palma with competences in the care of the victims of gender violence.

At the moment, in Balears there are about 3,400 cases registered in the Viogén system, of which about 2,700 cases are located in Mallorca.