Short-term deprivation of liberty
Province
Station
Nº of arrests
Donostia/San Sebastián
789
Eibar
267
Errenteria
385
Hernani
495
Irun
431
Tolosa
131
Zarautz
172
Zumarraga
Other Units
91
170
Traffic Unit
152
Other Units
18
Sum total of arrests
9,056
Source: own work based on data provided by the Basque Govt. Dept. of the Interior
Finally, the Basque Government Department of the Interior reports that in 2011
no complaints for wrongful practices, torture or mistreatment of persons deprived of liberty were filed against officers of the Ertzaintza.
No complaints for wrongful
practices
The data provided by the Dept. of the Interior of the Regional Government of
Catalonia [Generalitat] concerning the Catalan Autonomous Police [Mossos
d’Esquadra] refer to the number of persons confined at establishments of the
force and at courthouses, plus arrests by local police that resulted in confinement
in Mossos d’Esquadra establishments.
Table 20. Nº of persons confined in cells of the Mossos d’Esquadra and
courthouses in 2011 by stations
Catalan Autonomous Police establishment
Central Policing Region
Nº of detainees
2,366
ABP Osonoa
567
ABP Anoia
606
ABP Bages
1,013
ABP Solsonès
37
ABP Berguedà
143
Girone Policing Region
5,918
ABP Gironès-Pla de l’Estany
1,723
ABP Alt Empordà-Figueres
1,006
ABP Alt Empordà-Roses
409
ABP Baix Empordà-La Bisbal
545
ABP Baix Empordà-Sant Feliu
331
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