- The government delegate and the local José Luis Labrador signed the accession protocol today
- With the agreement of Manzanares el Real, there are 3 municipalities in Madrid in the process of integration and 33 fully adhered to this system
The City Council of Manzanares el Real signed that morning the adhesion of its Local Police to the “Protocol of Collaboration and Coordination between the State Security Forces and the Local Police Forces for the protection of victims of domestic and gender violence”, necessary for its integration into the VioGén System of comprehensive follow-up of cases of gender violence.
It has been in the course of the Local Security Board of the municipality, co-chaired by the government delegate, Francisco Martín, and the mayor José Luis Labrador. In this way, a decisive step is taken in the incorporation procedure promoted by the City Council and the Government Delegation itself, with the aim of getting all the localities of the region that has local police to join this system.
Signature also of the Operating Protocol
The meeting, in which Colonel Pérez de los Cobos, head of the Madrid Civil Guard Command, was present, also signed the “Operational Procedure of Coordination and Collaboration between the Madrid Civil Guard Command and the City Council of Manzanares el Real, for a comprehensive response against gender violence”. Under this agreement, the Local Police of Manzanares el Real will share the data that the Civil Guard has on cases of gender violence in the municipality and will participate in its follow-up for a more effective protection of victims suffering from gender violence.
There are 33 municipalities in Madrid in VioGén and 3 in the process of incorporation
Three municipalities in the Community of Madrid are in the process of integrating their Local Police into the VioGén system of comprehensive follow-up of cases of gender violence: Rivas Vaciamadrid, Collado-Villalba and Manzanares el Real. Next Friday, the municipality of Guadalix will do the same.
The 33 fully adhered municipalities are: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Brunete, Colmenar Viejo, Daganzo de Arriba, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Leganés, Madrid, Majadahonda, Moralzarzal, Móstoles, Parla, Pinto, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Las Rozas de Madrid, San Agustín de Guadalix, San Martin de Valdeiglesias, San Antonio
The Government Delegation is currently holding talks with several municipalities to have their local police officers renew or integrate this system to combat gender violence.