The oppositions to the Municipal Police of Torrelodones have met with the first case of a sex change in the middle of the selection process. An applicant who was examined as a man of the theoretical test in January and who passed was presented this week to the physical tests as a transsexual woman, taking advantage of the new law of the Ministry of Equality. Specifically, he provided on March 15 in the municipal registry a notarial act and a certificate from a lawyer indicating his new female gender, seven days before the physical examination that was held yesterday Wednesday 22.

The candidate made the tests yesterday claiming that she was a woman, but in the City Council there is no official certificate of sex change. To avoid problems, the Consistory serrano forced him yesterday to do as a man and as a woman the only different test according to sex. Specifically, it was the launch of the medicine ball. He had to throw the three kilos, for women, and the five kilos, for men, as explained by the councilor for security of Torrelodones, Víctor Arcos.

The rest of the physical tests are the same for men and women. Although she made them as a woman, the City Council of Torrelodones ensures that when it is verified if it is a man or a woman, the corresponding scale will be made. "Judges from the Athletics Federation were present. They have supervised the entire process and depending on their sex, the calculation will be made, "says the mayor of Security.

People who were present at the test say the man swept the physical tests as a woman. They add that he pulverized all the times as a woman. "According to their brands, their score is a 10," say union sources. The City Council of Torrelodones assures that the score obtained is not yet known and adds that it has asked the Ministry of Equality if this person appears as a transsexual woman.

The Community of Madrid points out that the case does not fall within its competence and refers to the criteria set out in this case by State legislation. However, the Minister of Justice, Enrique López, assures that they will ask the Ministry of Equality for a report to "interpret the rule that they have equipped with the Government of Spain."

The City Council of Torrelodones ensures that once the bases of the opposition contest were published, the applicant presented himself as a man. "The question that exists is whether what he has presented now has validity. He was allowed to do all the physical tests and once the gender he has is determined, the corresponding score will be made, "said the Councilor for Security.

It was in August of last year when the Consistory convened six places for Local Police. Almost 400 people showed up and last January the first psychotechnical examination was carried out. They approved 54 applicants, among which was this person in question who presented a DNI as a male.

None of those present at the physical tests noticed anything unusual yesterday until it was time to throw the medicine ball. This person, apparently a man, grabbed the three-kilo ball, according to witnesses. Some of the people told him he was wrong about weight. That's when she pulled out a paper saying she was a transsexual woman. The City Council insists that he also threw the five-kilo ball as if he were a man. Attendees say he did so when the rest of the candidates protested.

The Consistory also does not know if there is a certain deadline for the sex change process when facing an opposition where physical evidence is key to the final result. In the case of passing this exam there is still the theoretical test of knowledge and the medical exam.

The police unions are calling for solutions and for measures to be articulated to prevent a repeat of this case. "It is embarrassing and regrettable what is happening," said José Francisco Horcajo, spokesman for CSIT Professional Union and PLA union.


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