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The Chartered Police of Navarre is the regional police force for the charter
ed autonomous community
of Navarre
in Spain
. It operates across the region, and was founded from a traffic police
unit set up by the Provincial Council of Navarre in 1929.
The force currently has 925 policemen (2007) with medium-term plans to increase it to about 1,200.
Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...
ed autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It operates across the region, and was founded from a traffic police
Traffic police
Traffic police or Traffic cops may refer to:*Police controlling traffic, see rules of the road*Traffic Cops, a BBC real-life documentary*Highway patrol*Road Policing Unit*Traffic Guard*Sri Lankan Traffic Police*Municipal police...
unit set up by the Provincial Council of Navarre in 1929.
The force currently has 925 policemen (2007) with medium-term plans to increase it to about 1,200.
Reference
- Fabian Hinrichs: Das Recht der spanischen Vollzugspolizei, Ergon-Verlag 2004