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  2. Civil Guard - Wikipedia

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    Civil Guard (Costa Rica), fully merged into the Fuerza Pública. Civil Guard (Peru), police force of Peru in 1924. Civil Guard (Colombia), created in 1902. Civil Guard (El Salvador), created in 1867, which then gave way to the National Guard in 1912. Civil Guard (Honduras), a militarized police commanded directly by President Ramón Villeda ...

  3. Civil Guard (Spain) - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil; [ˈɡwaɾðja θiˈβil]) is one of the two national law enforcement agencies of Spain.As a national gendarmerie, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence.

  4. Law enforcement in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Guard, fortified by nearly a century and a half of tradition, was a highly disciplined paramilitary body with close links to the Spanish army. As it evolved, it served mainly as rural police to protect property and order and to reinforce the authority of the central government.

  5. Auxiliary police - Wikipedia

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    Indian Home Guard Triservices Crest. The Home Guard is an Indian paramilitary force serving as an auxiliary to the Indian Police Service. Home Guards are responsible for internal security, civil defense, border patrol, Coast Guard support, and firefighting assistance. They also maintain functional units dedicated to motor transport, engineering ...

  6. Municipal Guards - Wikipedia

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    The Municipal Civil Guard is a type of municipal civil police which can be created by specific laws of the chamber of the councilmen of the city as an instrument for public security in the city. Its components possess the same prerogatives and legal obligations as the municipality's employees.

  7. Civil defense in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Civil defense in the United States refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States, which is the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack and similarly disastrous events. Late in the 20th century, the term and practice of civil defense fell into disuse.

  8. National Guard (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Guard Mobilization Act of 1933 Made the National Guard a component of the Army. The National Security Act of 1947 Section 207 (f) established the Air National Guard of the United States, under the National Guard Bureau. The Total Force Policy from 1973 Requires all active and reserve military organizations be treated as a single force.

  9. Defense Support of Civil Authorities - Wikipedia

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    The provision of DSCA is codified in Department of Defense Directive 3025.18. [1] This directive defines DSCA as: Support provided by U.S. Federal military forces, DoD civilians, DoD contract personnel, DoD Component assets, and National Guard forces (when the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Governors of the affected States, elects and requests to use those forces in title 10, U ...