Annual report 2011: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism ity and seen. She stated that at the same time one of the police officers also filed an injury report so that she could be accused of resisting authority: “When I was arrested I tried to get away because I was not guilty and the policeman did things to his own body so he could file a medical report. Was it to make me look more guilty? ... Some people take their authority too far, and what can we do about it? Nothing … I went to the doctor but I never saw the report. I only have bruises and the policeman scratched and punched himself, and when the doctors saw him I had to leave the room”. No opinion is given here as to whether arrests by the CNP and GC in which force was used involved proportionate force or not, since this is up to the courts to decide. However it was learned at the establishments inspected in 2011 that some detainees had had to be taken to healthcare facilities for treatment following arrests in public places, prior to being taken to police establishments, as per the following tables. Table 22. Detainees taken to healthcare facilities prior to their admission to police establishments Police HQs & District Stations Nº of detainees* Nº taken to hospitals* Albacete 2,406 900 Almería 4,163 928 186 0 Ayamonte (Huelva) Castellón de la Plana Cuenca 2,064 ** 506 91 El Ejido (Almería) 1,231 370 Granada 2,824 50 833 47 1,668 42 ** ** Madrid, Central District 7,028 ** Madrid, Chamberí District 1,180 ** ** ** Guadalajara Huelva Madrid, Information Brigade Madrid, Central Registry of Detainees Source: own work based on data provided by the DGP. * The DGP reports that the data provided are approximations, as there is no specific statistic for this issue. ** No data provided. 62    THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN