Annual Report 2015 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism der to carry out the body search. This does not agree with the information extracted from the rest of the documentation, and as such the proceedings have remained open for the purposes of clarifying these details. 128 CNP assault, Majadahonda 179.  Another citizen lodged a complaint of having been assaulted by national police officers when passing close to a brawl that happened during the celebration of the local fiestas in Majadahonda (Madrid), causing various injuries which were noted in the medical report provided. The person affected also stated that they did not have the details of the officers who carried out the assault, since the officers did not provide their badge numbers when asked. Identification of officers §90 AR 2014 180.  Given the frequency with which citizens approach the Ombudsman about the difficulty in identifying police officers and the scarce number of sanction proceedings ordered for breach of the duty to carry their personal identification number, a Recommendation was made to the DGP that it amend the criteria which it follows for punishing these breaches, especially when the agents also fail to identify themselves upon the request of a citizen or where other circumstances take place which enable police conduct to be classed as serious. A Recommendation was also put forward to the DGGC that it adopt the appropriate measures in order to guarantee compliance with the provisions in Instruction 13/2007 of the Secretary of State for Security on this matter, including disciplinary measures. Both Recommendations have been accepted. CNP assault, El Tarajal (Ceuta) 181.  In another case, a foreign national reported having been struck by various national police officers at the El Tarajal border (Ceuta). After carrying out the relevant procedures before the DGP and the SGIP, and establishing that Pre-trial Investigation Court No.4 in Ceuta was informed of the facts, the person affected was notified that this institution cannot interfere in judicial proceedings, nor review the decisions issued thereof. Improper treatment 182.  Complaints regarding the improper treatment of citizens by officers were also processed. The analysis of these cases of rough, improper or degrading treatment towards citizens reveals the resistance of the competent authorities, with regard to disciplinary matters, to carrying out confidential disclosures or to ordering sanction proceedings when citizens report police conduct which is liable to be sanctioned. The persons concerned are frequently referred to the use of the complaints and suggestions book in the absence of forms for reporting these offences. This runs contrary to the criteria of this institution, which urges citizens to direct complaints to the competent body in order to begin a disciplinary procedure, according to the procedure established in the Organic Law of the CNP’s Disciplinary Regime. Based on this reasoning, a Recommendation has been made to the DGP that it issue appropriate instructions to ensure that sanction proceedings or confidential disclosures are initiated when a citizen reports this type of conduct.