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Page 8 Different types of Police: A peculiarity of Spain is the three different types of Police. But who are they and what do they do?
The Forces of Law Enforcement have the mission of protecting our rights and liberty and guaranteeing civil security by carrying out the following functions: - Making sure that laws are adhered to via orders received by the authorities. -
Assisting and protecting citizens and ensuring the
maintenance and custody of assets that are in a situation of danger for any reason. - Watching and protecting public buildings and installations. - Protect important personalities (such as politicians). - Maintain and re-establish order and the citizens’ safety. - Prevent criminal acts. - Investigate crimes in order to discover the possible culprits, making proof available to the competent authorities (Courts and Tribunals) including reports. - Obtain, receive and analyse all data they have to maintain the citizen’s security, study, plan and use methods to prevent delinquency. - Collaborate with the Civil Protection services, in cases of serious risk or catastrophes.
Now let’s look at the different bodies:
Local Police: - Protect the authorities of local corporations, vigilance and custody of its buildings and installations. - Order, indicate and direct traffic in town. - Make reports at the scene of an accident within the town boundaries.
- Administrative work relating to local ordinances and public announcements.
- Judicial police functions. - Assistance at the scene of accidents, catastrophes, participating in the execution of civil protection plans. - Preventing criminal acts. - To watch public spaces, collaborate with the State Forces of Law Enforcement and autonomic community Police at demonstrations and maintaining order where there are large concentrations of people.
- Cooperate in resolving personal conflicts when required. National Police:
- Issuing ID cards and passports.
- Controlling the entry and exit into Spanish territory of Spanish and foreign citizens. Upholding legislation regarding immigration and emigration, refuge and asylum, extradition and expulsion. - Vigilance and inspection of the compliance of the law regarding betting. - The investigation and persecution of drug related crimes. - Collaboration and assistance to police forces of other countries. - Control of organisations, and their workers, that offer private security services, vigilance and investigation.
Guardia Civil:
- Functions relating to arms and explosives. - Avoiding bootlegging. - Traffic control on interurban roads. - Vigilance of terrestrial communication, coasts, frontiers, ports, airports, etc. - Ensuring compliance of the law concerning conservation of nature and the environment, hydraulic sources, as well as synergetic, fish farm, forestry, etc.
- Escorting prisoners from one location to the other.
Please contact Ana Gay at Link Point Legal on 96 626 0500 or email
anagay@linkpointlegal.com for any further information.
Female Focus by Ana Gay
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