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The mayor of the Madrid Municipal Police, José Rodríguez Vacas, today Wednesday presented his resignation as a member of the court of opposition to inspectors of the Madrid Municipal Police, as confirmed by police sources.

Vacas' resignation comes after the General Directorate of the Municipal Police has opened a disciplinary file on Vacas after discovering that he went to a Retiro partner exchange venue last Saturday, September 3, accompanied by a Local Police officer of Alcalá de Henares who is opposing in the test of inspectors where the mayor appears as one of the three members of the court.

Vacas assures that he went to the local Encuentros on Vicente Caballero street to carry out an inspection and the owner denies it and maintains that he went in to have a drink.

In the videos you can see how Vacas, his driver and the Alcalá officer who opposes the inspector arrive at the door of the premises at 8:40 p.m. with the purpose of having a drink.

When they ask for 50 euros for the entrance and they tell them that at 10:00 p.m. they had to leave because from that moment only Cow couples can enter, he takes out his badge and says that now it will happen.

Later, the command entered the premises and drew up a record for an administrative infraction against the premises due to the fact that the emergency doors were blocked.

During the intervention, Vacas was very vehement and assured that this was "a brothel".

Vacas reported the next day that the owner of the premises and the person in charge of security were national police officers.

In turn, the owner of the club announced that he is going to denounce Vacas for threats, coercion and abuse of authority.

A week later, Internal Affairs opened a process of informative proceedings in order to "purify" the "disciplinary responsibilities that may exist" in the face of that incident

Finally, the Municipal Police of Madrid initiated a disciplinary file on Monday against the mayor, as explained this Tuesday in plenary session by the Security delegate, Inmaculada Sanz, after a question from the Mixed Group about the measures that it was going to adopt so that this type of incident "Do not tarnish the good name of the municipal police."

Sanz pointed out that the objective of the Consistory is "to resolve and purge all the responsibilities that may arise, up to the last consequences", which implies, therefore, "applying the regulations" of the Police.

In addition, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is also investigating possible rigging in the competitions for inspector and mayor of the Municipal Police and all the members of the court have been questioned in recent weeks by Internal Affairs, including Mayor Vacas.

The Unified Municipal Police Association considers "it considers the forced resignation of Mayor Vacas insufficient."

"We hold director Pablo Enrique most responsible, who appointed the components of the Intendant and inspector courts who are being, according to fraudulent indications, and who are restricting promotions based on merit and ability. We are studying both the administrative and criminal channels to manage to paralyze them and bring down those responsible", said Carlos Bahón, spokesman for the Association.

The Municipal Police Union (UPM) has also asked the General Director of the Municipal Police to take the appropriate measures as soon as possible to defend the good name and image of the Municipal Police after the news that appeared about alleged irregularities of the members of the court of Inspectors.

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