Conflicts between municipal authorities and Local Police are commonplace and in Archidona this led to Councillors and Civil Protection officers having to direct traffic during the Three Kings procession after the entire police force reported ‘sick’.
The only police officer not ‘sick’ was the Police Chief and he joined Councillors, Civil Protection officers and even the head of the towing service in order to regulate traffic.
The problems in the municipality apparently relate to a pay dispute.