Police - Security Forces in Canary Islands

The State Security Forces and Bodies are divided into two bodies: National Police and Civil Guard Corps . The functions of one and another body are similar, but they are developed in a different field. The National Police acts in the urban area, mainly in the capital, on the other hand the Civil Guard, extends its scope to the province, we say that it develops its functions in the rural area. In Canary Islandswe also have another security body, which looks to protect people and assets and offer more citizen security and greater social welfare. The General Corps of the Canary Police (CGPC) . The official name of the autonomous police of Canary Islandsis Canarian Police . This autonomous police is composed of the Canarian General Police Corps and by the bodies of the local police of the 88 Canarian municipalities.

National Police Force in Canary Islands

En Canary Islands The Superior Police Headquarters has as its scope the territory of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community. The provinces that compose it are Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The population of the Autonomous Community is based on 2.118.519 inhabitants, being a total of 1.249.388 inhabitants the population served by the National Police Corps, which is equivalent to 58,97%. In most of the offices, the identity documents of Spanish citizens (National Identity Document and Passport), exclusive competence of the National Police Force, are issued. The National Police Corps has the most important competences: the investigation of drug-related crimes, organized crime, economic, financial, technological and gambling control, in addition to everything related to monetary crimes, It also deals with the control of entry and exit of the territory national to Spaniards and foreigners, as well as the prevention, persecution and investigation of illegal immigration networks.

Civil Guard in Canary Islands

This body has its characteristic functions: the monitoring of traffic on interurban roads, custody of communication channels, ensuring compliance with the rules that tend to the conservation of nature and the environment, as well as the interurban driving of prisoners.

Canarian Police

The Canarian Police is the official name of the autonomic police of the Canary Islands. It was created in 2010. The Canary Police constitute the set of police bodies dependent on the Canarian public administrations, constituted by the General Corps of the Canarian Police and the Local Police Corps. The aim is to guarantee the highest possible level of coordination and complementarity between the police services dependent on the Government of Canary Islandsand the municipalities. Therefore, when referring to the number of members of the Canarian Police, it is necessary to talk about 3.800 agents: the local 3.700 and the autonomous 100.