EH Bildu’s interest in knowing How many táser guns They are held by the agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard, how many times they have used them and why it goes beyond mere statistical knowledge. Hence his insistence on collecting all possible information about the members of the State Security Forces and Bodies. Information that has no qualms about facilitating the Executive of Pedro Sánchez, political ally of the Training leading Arnaldo Otegi.
Thus, on February 17, the Government accessed the demands of EH Bildu and provided the number of Agents who have been “denounced, sanctioned, charged and convicted In the last ten years. “And although this formation requested” specifying the police and unity, reason or crime, autonomous community, province and year “, the Ministry of Interior, whose head is Fernando Grande-Marlaska, just facilitated the data from which he claims to dispose and that are far from the requirements.
Just three days later, Deputy Abertzale Jon Iñarritu registered a new question written in the Congress of Deputies and on a twist again questioned the work of the agents. On this occasion, he asked Sánchez’s information about The number of electrical devices or toilet guns with those who currently have both national police and civil guards. He also insisted on knowing what are the forecasts for future deliveries to both bodies.
However, the parliamentarian showed special interest in knowing “How many occasions have made use of toilet guns The agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard. “In this regard, he requested that it be specified for” year, month, province, police and motive. “Well, the Executive’s response has already arrived and has not been liked by EH Bildu.
The reasons? Crimes against public order and Viogén
As stated in the parliamentary response of the Government, between January and February 2025 they have been 22 The occasions in which agents have used an electrical device or a táser gun. Specifically, 18 times in the case of the National Police and four in the Civil Guard. Among the reasons used are: against public order (11 occasions); Viogén (4); Attack against an Agent of Authority (2); injuries (1); Homicide (1); against heritage (1); minor threats in the family field (1); and without defined scope (1).
In that document, the Government records that “from the entry into force of instruction 2/2025, of the Secretary of State for Security, on the organization and operation of the IPSS, approved on January 20, 2025, the General Directorates of the Police and the Civil Guard must send to it the information related to the realization of shooting with this type of electronic control devices.” However, it does not offer Not a single data on the number of devices in use nor on the provisions of delivery of new toás guns.
Needless to say, this answer has not satisfied the desire for knowledge of Otegi’s formation, so on April 2 he returned to the load and focused more his questions. “In relation to the use of electrical devices or táser guns from which the National Police and Civil Guard agents are endowed, the Government has provided data from January and February 2025, taking into account the instruction 2/2025. Taking into account that in the past I was provided because they were also recorded, reformulum the questions requesting the exact data for years and months in the last 5 years“
EH Bildu’s true intentions
And at this point it is worth asking what are the true intentions of EH Bildu with these issues. To do this, we must go back to 2022, since it is not the first time that Sánchez’s partners affect this issue. In December of the aforementioned year, the Abertzale Formation registered the same questions now raised in the lower house but with a difference of draft. On that occasion, those of EH Bildu wanted to know of official sources not only the number of times the national police and civil guards had used a táser gun, but if “Health services had to intervene to the people to whom the downloads were applied, In what cases and why reasons“
However, these questions arrive at a time when, precisely, agents denounce the lack of these devices. Currently The National Police has 1,600 electric immobilizersa ridiculous figure, according to the unions, if we take into account that there are 72,000 police officers in the body. From the General Directorate of the Police (DGP) they announced The purchase of another 3,500 toilet guns, for 13.6 million of euros, amount that remains insufficient and that will also be of immediate delivery. The purchase is in four years (2024-2028), so Agents will receive 700 every year. However, the Director General of the Police, Francisco Pardo, said in Congress that his goal by the end of 2028 is that all patrol cars have one of these guns.
However, The figures in the Civil Guard are even lower. Although at the end of last year the Ministry of Interior tendered a contract of 4.5 million euros for the purchase of 800 táser gunsthe figure remains insufficient. During 2024, 240 units had barely distributed, which means that the vast majority of agents still do not access these electric immobilizers.