De la ley a la ley policial: sindicalismo en la policía y cambios en la legislación de las fuerzas de seguridad pública en la Transición y en democracia (1976-1986)

During the years of the Spanish Transition, from 1975 to 1982, important political, social, economic and cultural changes were produced. However, in the police system, which had inherited the public order policy of Franco dictatorship, these changes were much slower and needed of the thrust of a police syndicalism, calling for changes within the police forces. This article aims to analyse the impact of this police unionism on the UCD and PSOE governments in the first years of democracy, their ideology and the methods used to achieve their objectives. Finally, prove whether these objectives really were fundamental to change the policies of public order to public security in our country.