The Chartered Police of Navarre ( es, Policía Foral de Navarra, eu, Nafarroako Foruzaingoa) is the

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police force for the

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Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

in Spain, largely replacing the Spanish Policía Nacional (National Police) and

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(Civil Guard). It operates across the Community, and was founded from a

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unit set up by the Provincial Council of Navarre in 1929. As of 2020, the Spanish

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is gradually transfering one of its last competences in Navarre, traffic policing and highways patrolling to the Navarrese autonomous Police, leaving the Civil Guard to specific tasks in this Autonomous Community (as for Catalonia and the Basque Country). As of 2007, the force had 925 police officers, with medium-term plans to increase that number to about 1,200. The current sidearm for officers is a Glock Model 19 Gen 3 chambered in 9x19mm which has been in service since before 2010.

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References

* Fabian Hinrichs: Das Recht der spanischen Vollzugspolizei, Ergon-Verlag 2004

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