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  2. Civil Guard (Spain) - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Guardia Civil wearing the tricornio hat during National Day celebrations in Madrid. A wide range of clothing is currently worn according to the nature of the duties being performed (see schematic diagrams below). The traditional headdress of the Guardia is the tricornio hat, originally a tricorne. Its use now is reserved for ceremonial ...

  3. Tricorne - Wikipedia

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    In Spain, the traditional headdress of the Guardia Civil, the oldest law enforcement agency covering the whole country, is the tricornio hat, originally a tricorne. Its use now is reserved for parades or ceremonies.

  4. Law enforcement in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement in Spain is carried out by numerous organizations, not all of which operate in the same areas. The Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) is the national gendarmerie force and therefore has a military status. It patrols the entire national territory (including highways and ports), except for those areas that belong to the National Police ...

  5. Salakot - Wikipedia

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    Spanish military uniforms in the Philippines in 1862 showing the salakot (right) worn as part of the trage de campaña (campaign uniform) Salakot were also widely used as military sun hats in the colonial-era Philippines by both native and Spanish troops in the Spanish Army and the Guardia Civil (where they were known as salacot). They were ...

  6. File:Coat of Arms of the Guardia Civil Operative Security ...

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    Circular 1/2014, de 28 de enero, de la Dirección Adjunta Operativa de la Guardia Civil, que actualiza el Anexo II de la Orden General nº 10, de 22 de noviembre de 2012, sobre los Honores Militares en la Guardia Civil.

  7. Grupo de Acción Rápida - Wikipedia

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    Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR) (English: Rapid Action Group) is the tier two police tactical unit of the Spanish Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil). [3] [4] that specialized in quick response to emergencies with SWAT unit tactics.

  8. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    In Spain it's a term used to refer to Guardia Civil. The term originates from "pico", meaning "spike" or "horn", referring to the tricorne worn by the members of Guardia Civil during most of its existence and still used nowadays in formal uniform. Piedipiatti Slang term used commonly in Italy to describe all kinds of police officers. Lit. flat ...

  9. Directorate-General of the Civil Guard - Wikipedia

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    The need to create a rural agency that gave security to the fields and roads of Spain was evident in the first half of the 19th century. The confiscation processes of the mentioned century, the fractionation of rural property, the dissolution of the National Militia and the political vicissitudes and continuous changes of government were some of the causes that led to the birth of the Civil ...