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Yeah in reality it's the Spanish Military Police where complaints should be submitted
by buboard 7y ago
Yeah in reality it's the Spanish Military Police where complaints should be submitted
- ojosilva 7y agoNot the Military Police. The Guardia Civil, the takedown petitioner, is one of the two Spanish national police forces, the Military Police is a different corps entirely which belongs to the Army. The Guardia Civil is similar to the Gendarmerie corps from many countries, such as France. However it does follow a military-style rank structure, which nothing out of this world for a police force.
- Bayart 7y agoBoth Guardia Civil and Gendarmerie are part of the Army (but take orders from a civilian hierarchy) and are strictly speaking military police. But they don't police the military, which is what you probably had in mind.
- ojosilva 7y agoWell, first and foremost they are not the Military Police. The OP seems to use that terminology for a hyperbolic effect, I find this attitude very frustrating giving the sensitive aspect of the situation in Catalonia. Secondly, they are not part of the Army, they are self-described as a "full bodied police force" [1] and they report directly to the Ministry of Interior and only report to Defense in case they take part in a armed forces mission (article 9b of this law: [2]), which is seldom the case. Like I said they do have a military-style rank structure, which they describe as for "efficiency for performing our duties" or "military nature" [1] as they were created as an infantry division back two centuries ago. [1] http://www.guardiacivil.es/en/institucional/Conocenos/idcorporativa/naturalezami/index.html http://www.guardiacivil.es/en/institucional/Conocenos/idcorp... [2] http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo2-1986.t2.html http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo2-1986.t2.h...