- Co-chaired by the delegate of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín Aguirre, and the mayor of the municipality, Fernando Casado Quijada
The town of Robledo de Chavela has today taken “a very important step” for the incorporation of its Local Police into the VioGén system of comprehensive protection for victims of gender violence.
It was in the Extraordinary Local Security Board convened for this purpose, which was co-chaired by the delegate of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín Aguirre, and the mayor of the municipality, Fernando Casado Quijada. The head of the Madrid Civil Guard Command, Colonel Carlos de Miguel, and the head of the Coordination Unit against Violence against Women, Eva Corrales, representatives of the Local Police and the Community of Madrid, have also attended.
During it, the Consistory has adhered to the ‘Operational procedure of coordination and collaboration between the Command of the Civil Guard of Madrid, and H.E. City Council of Robledo de Chavela (Madrid)’, with a comprehensive response against gender violence, and the ‘Protocol of collaboration and coordination between the Command of the Civil Guard of Madrid, and the Excmo. City Council of Robledo de Chavela (Madrid), of integral response against gender violence’. The police coordination table has also been set up.
Francisco Martín wanted to thank all those involved for the commitment to this fight that manifests itself with this signature: both the City of Robledo de Chavela and its Local Police and the Civil Guard, “always focused on moving forward” in this collaboration.
Likewise, he has shown his desire that the example of Robledo “serves as inspiration” for other municipalities to, in this way, move towards the goal of making one hundred percent of the municipalities in the region that have Local Police with sufficient staff join the VioGén system.
Currently, in addition to Robledo de Chavela, the municipalities have initiated or promoted the procedures for its incorporation into the VioGén system: Navas del Rey, Collado Medio, Casarrubuelos, Coslada, Moraleja de Enmedio, Pedrezuela, San Martín de la Vega, Cubas de la Sagra and Serranillos del Valle.
In total, there are now 43 fully integrated municipalities: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aldea del Fresno, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Brunete, Collado-Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Ciempozuelos, Daganzo de Arriba, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Guadalix de la Sierra, Las Rozas de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Manzanares el Real, Villanzo de Arriba, Moralarzado, Moines