Making a police report in Portugal

For the purposes of this forum, I might add that I think one of the most important things I did was to get the locals involved, rather than calling the police myself directly. This was more accidental than intentional: I just wanted the waitress to tell me where the police station was so I could go there to make a report, but of course she wanted to know why I needed to talk to the police, so the whole story came out. There were other people in the cafe who heard me tell her what happened, and I’m pretty sure I heard her repeating the story in Portuguese to others while I was waiting, so the news spread quickly. The cafe owner was horrified that such a thing could happen on his road, and he insisted on driving me back along the way so I could show him exactly where it happened. When it seemed like the police were not ever going to come, he promised me that he would monitor the area and grab Naked Forest Guy if he appeared again. In small villages with minimal police presence, having locals on the lookout is probably more effective than relying on the police anyway. And when the police did eventually come, even though I had walked on, the cafe owner was able to show them where everything had happened. Basically he became a co-reporter with me, and I think this added immensely to my credibility—then it was not just a young(ish) foreign woman making a complaint, but a respected member of the local community. For emergency situations or in bigger cities, calling 112 is probably still the best option, but for incidents of harassment like this, which often take place in secluded areas, I think the locals can be important allies in ensuring pilgrim safety.