The Government Subdelegation of Almería has hosted a training day for the Local Police of Almería on the Comprehensive System for the Comprehensive Monitoring of Gender Violence Cases, VioGén, of the Ministry of the Interior. The Government Subdelegate, José María Martín, has firstly thanked both the Civil Guard and the National Police for their involvement in this course that has been organised by the head of the Unit against Violence against Women of the Subdelegation, Loly Cruz. The presentation has been given by agents of the Family and Women Care Unit (UFAM) of the National Police and the Women-Minor Team (EMUME) of the Civil Guard. Around a hundred agents of the Local Police of the province have attended the training day.
Martín wanted to encourage the municipalities of the province to join this system, which currently has 29 municipalities in Almería attached. The subdelegate recalled that VioGén , launched by the State Secretariat for Security of the Ministry of the Interior in 2007, centralizes and manages all the information from complaints made for cases of gender violence, through the State Security Forces and Corps.
During his speech, Martín highlighted that “the latest report for which we have data shows that as of April 30 of this year there were 23,221 active cases in Andalusia within the VioGén System, of which 2,756 were in the province of Almería.”
He also referred to the tools that the Ministry of the Interior works with, such as 016, the Atenpro telephone line, as well as telematic means. The implementation of this type of device in Andalusia continues to be fully consolidated, with figures well above the national average. Thus, Martín explained that 1,721 women use this device in Andalusia, the Autonomous Community with the highest number of telematic bracelets installed, and that Almería has 383 telematic bracelets, being the second province with the most active devices at present in Andalusia.
The subdelegate wanted to thank all those who attended because, as he said, “these training sessions are very important to continue advancing in a matter that requires the support of everyone and where we are very aware that there is still a lot of work to be done.” From the Government of Spain, Martín assured, “we remain very committed and we appreciate the daily work that the agents of the National Police, Civil Guard and Local Police carry out within their competences to defend women from violence by their partners or ex-partners.”