Policía Municipal de Madrid
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Madrid Municipal Police Policía Municipal de Madrid |
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| Common name | Policía Municipal | ||||
| Abbreviation | PMM | ||||
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| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
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| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Madrid in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Spain | ||||
| Governing body | Ayuntamiento de Madrid | ||||
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| Overviewed by | Department of Health, Public Safety and Emergencies, Coordination-General of Public Safety and Emergencies | ||||
| Headquarters | C/ Albarracín, 31 28037 Madrid |
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| Officers | 6,498 (2009) | ||||
| Councillor responsible | Javier Barbero, Councillor-Delegate for Health, Public Safety and Emergencies | ||||
| Agency executive | Teodoro Pérez Garcia, Acting Chief Inspector | ||||
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |||||
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| Anniversary | 24 June |
The Policía Municipal de Madrid (English: Madrid Municipal Police) is the municipal police force of Madrid.
It is in 1202 when it transpires the first written reference to an armed force under the aegis of the council, known as the Alguacil.
In 1561 data the first side of Police of the City of Madrid issued by the mayor; year that coincides with the introduction by Philip II of the court in Madrid. In 1743 the former Alguacil come to have a regulation laying down its functions and duties.
The local police were once the basis of its personnel, military, war wounded, one of these tests are given in Carlos III, which by the way the body 1759 of the Milicia Urbana formed with war veteran, who could no longer serve the Army. In 1850 creates the Organic Regulations of the Municipal Guard of Madrid, the new name will bring the demise of the aforementioned Alguacil and coming goalkeepers performing security services, under the aegis of City Hall. Taking the idea of the body force is now conceived and weight of the municipalities in politics.
By this time the new body created begins to take shape and create new units like the Mounted Section in 1893 and Coach Service in 1914 that regulated traffic Cab drivers and the first cars circulating in the municipality. Prior also creates the Municipal Guard Academy in 1906 that amount to knowledge base and experience for would Guards.
In 1924 creates the Organic Regulations of Municipal Police which sets out the duties and obligations of the members of this body. Two years before the Spanish Civil War that ravaged the country the municipal police force continues to grow and make the body section of Drivers in 1934.
A year after the civil war in 1940 on the principle of postwar body, growing and expanding its workforce by creating the Brigade Movement. It was not until eight years later when the body will undergo another reorganization of staff and services.
In 1952 he created the Cavalry Squadron called the Escuadrón de caballería, as has the monitoring mission of parks and gardens and protocol services, now they can be seen patrolling parks like the Retreat and the Heart of Madrid.
In 1961 he created the Municipal Police Academy in Madrid which was governed by its own rules and in which future police officers were trained in legislature and prepared to be an active part of the body.
In Spain begin to change things, and the woman enters the body in 1972, by a selective process different from that of men. Created in 1972, the Fifth Joint Traffic Association which was commanded by commanders also female, they could see regulating traffic among other places in the Plaza de Cibeles. It was not until 1980 when the Association was incorporated in the template's body and become part of the bulk of their peers.
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