BESCAM

In early 2008, 2,500 agents, distributed in 102 locations in the Greater Madrid area that have a local police force, were members of these units.

BESCAM was created in 2004 by an initiative of the regional government, led by Esperanza Aguirre, and the president of the Federation of Municipalities of Madrid (FMM), Luis Partida, by signing a framework agreement between the Community and the various municipalities, leading to the deployment of the brigades under the control of their respective mayors.

The agreement provides for the funding by the Madrid Autonomous Community of personnel and material resources necessary to combat dangers.

This does not affect the current situation, in which each municipality has a different convention, with specific working conditions, salary, equipment, staffing, internal rules, or guidelines when exercising their functions, which may be adapted to the unique characteristics of each municipality, provided they meet basic standards specified in Law 4/92 and the General Security Forces Law 2/1986 of 13 March.

Phase 3 - Started on November 3, 2005, adding 2 new locations, Ciempozuelos and Navalcarnero, and 440 new police officers to reinforce 34 existing operational bases.

Thus, added to the fifty locations already included in this project, were 52 further municipalities, in which public security was provided by 500 local police officers.