Back الحرس المدني Arabic Guardia civil AST Грамадзянская гвардыя (Іспанія) Byelorussian Guardia Civil Breton Guàrdia Civil Catalan Guardia Civil CEB Guardia Civil Danish Guardia Civil German Ισπανική Πολιτοφυλακή Greek Guardia Civil (Hispanio) Esperanto
| Civil Guard Guardia Civil | |
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| Abbreviation | GC |
| Motto | El honor es mi divisa Honour is my badge |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | May 13, 1844 |
| Employees | 85,426 total (2020) and 77,223 active (2020) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Spain |
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| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Defence |
| Headquarters | Calle de Guzmán el Bueno, 110, 28003 Madrid, Spain |
| Elected officers responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent agency | Directorate-General of the Civil Guard |
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The Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil; [ˈɡwaɾðja θiˈβil]) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence.[2][3] The role of the Ministry of Defence is limited except in times of war when the Ministry has exclusive authority.[2][4] The corps is colloquially known as the benemérita (the meritorious or the reputables). In annual surveys, it generally ranks as the national institution most valued by Spaniards, closely followed by other law enforcement agencies and the armed forces.[5]
It has both a regular national role and undertakes specific foreign peacekeeping missions and is part of the European Gendarmerie Force. As a national gendarmerie force, the Civil Guard was modelled on the French National Gendarmerie and has many similarities.[2]
As part of its daily duties, the Civil Guard patrols and investigates crimes in rural areas, including highways and ports, whilst the National Police deals with safety in urban situations. Most cities also have a Municipal Police Force. The three forces are nationally co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Interior. The Civil Guard is usually stationed at casas cuartel, which are both minor residential garrisons and fully-equipped police stations.
- ^ "Dirección General de la Guardia Civil" [General Direction of the Spanish Civil Guard] (in Spanish). Spanish Civil Guard. 17 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Lutterbeck, Derek (2013). The Paradox of Gendarmeries : Between Expansion, Demilitarization and Dissolution (PDF). Geneva: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). pp. 27–30. ISBN 9789292222864. SSR Paper 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Conoce a la Guardia Civil". Guardia Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Ley Orgánica 2/1986, de 13 de marzo, de Fuerzas y Cuerpos de Seguridad". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ LaRazón.es (5 July 2015). "La Guardia Civil, la institución más valorada". La Razón. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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