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The Policía Canaria are the
police force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
of the
autonomous community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administra ...
of the Canary Islands,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
. It was formed in 2010 by Paulino Rivero, the President of the Canary Islands.


Role

The ''Ley del Cuerpo General de la Policía Canaria'' ( en, Law of the General Police Corps of the Canary Islands), passed on 28 May 2008 by the
Parliament of the Canary Islands The Parliament of the Canary Islands is the regional legislature of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The Parliament has seventy members and members serve on four-year terms. The parliament is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ...
, states that the functions of the police force include the guarding and protection of people, organs, buildings, facilities and installations of the autonomous community and its instrumental bodies, and to ensure compliance with the regulations and orders issued by the organs of the community, among others. This regional police work consists of the General Police Corps Canaria and the local police bodies of the 88 Canary Island municipalities. Only these first 100 officers make up the General Corps. One hundred officers, 92 men and 8 women, made up the first promotion of the Canary Islands Police in a presentation ceremony held on June 30, 2010 at the Canary Islands Academy of Public Safety in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The regional president said that this was only the first step in a deployment that will reach 1,700 officers in several phases. Its first mission was to celebrate the Festival of the Virgen de las Nieves, on the island of La Palma.


Ranks

* (Police trainee) * (Police officer) * (Police corporal) * (Police sergeant) * (Police lieutenant) * (Deputy police inspector) * (Police inspector) * (Assistant chief of police) * (Chief of police) Source:


References


External links


Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Policia Canaria Canary Islands 2010 establishments in Spain Canarian law Organisations based in the Canary Islands