 Since the government of Madrid has no power to create a regional police force itself, unlike the Basque Country, Navarre and Catalonia, the Community of Madrid signed an agreement with each municipality where BESCAM is deployed.BESCAM is therefore considered part of the local police, although its staff have different uniforms and vehicles and are trained separately.The local police whose posts belong to the BESCAM units are trained at the Police Academy of the Community of Madrid in the same manner as non-BESCAM officers of the municipal police who were not destined exclusively to public safety.