Catalan Parliament backs Tasers in Mossos patrol cars

A parliamentary committee has backed a PPC proposal to place Taser-type conducted-energy devices in every Mossos d'Esquadra patrol car, although the vote does not itself change officers' equipment.

Laia Serra · 17 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

The Catalan Parliament's Interior Committee has approved a Popular Party of Catalonia (PPC) proposal calling for Taser-type conducted-energy devices to be available in every Mossos d'Esquadra patrol car. The Mossos are Catalonia's regional police force.

Under the system described by the PPC, the devices are attached to the duty sergeant's operational unit rather than carried in all patrol vehicles. The proposal seeks to reduce the time officers wait for a device when responding to a violent or high-risk incident.

For residents, the change would mean patrol officers could have a less-lethal incapacitating option immediately available in their vehicle, before considering physical restraint or other forms of force. The committee vote does not, on its own, equip cars or alter the rules governing police use of force.

Parliamentary vote and police weapon rules

Resolution 476/X is the Parliament of Catalonia's formal record of the committee's decision. A parliamentary resolution sets out Parliament's position, while any operational rollout would need to be implemented through the Mossos' policing and equipment procedures.

The force's published 2008 instructions on the use of weapons by the Mossos d'Esquadra provide the policy framework for officers' use of force. The PPC argued that wider vehicle access to conducted-energy devices should supplement, rather than replace, firearms.

“They cannot be asked to engage in hand-to-hand combat in situations of maximum danger,” PPC MP Alberto Villagrasa told the committee.

Villagrasa cited an incident on Madrid Street in Barcelona on 18 June, in which he said an extremely aggressive person kept officers occupied for more than 20 minutes. He argued that a device available in the patrol car could have shortened that intervention.

What the proposal seeks to change

Place a conducted-energy device in every Mossos patrol car.
Reduce delays caused by waiting for the duty sergeant's operational unit to bring a device to the scene.
Give officers an additional option in situations involving a serious risk of violence.

Primary sources: Mossos d'Esquadra, dsp.interior.gencat.cat. Reported by catnoticias.es, Parlament de Catalunya, CatNoticias.