 BESCAM officers' functions encompass all those functions assigned to the regular police and their uniform and equipment is the same as those used in previous promotions; the salary, working conditions and chain of command are exactly the same as those local police non-BESCAM posts, which results in a consistent service to the public.This does not affect the current situation, in which each municipality has a different convention, with specific working conditions, salary, equipment, staffing, internal rules, or guidelines when exercising their functions, which may be adapted to the unique characteristics of each municipality, provided they meet basic standards specified in Law 4/92 and the General Security Forces Law 2/1986 of 13 March.The implementation of BESCAM raised some controversy over whether it was an independent Police force or framed within the existing local police in each municipality.