Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
Regional Police [Policía Foral] in Navarre and the General Police Force [Cuerpo
General de la Policía] in the Canary Islands. In 2010 inspection visits were made
to establishments run by the first three of these forces. The Canary Islands force
was not visited because it was still in the early stages of deployment as regulated
by Regional Act 2/2008 of May 28. The Autonomous Community of Galicia also
approved the establishment of a regional police force under Act 8/2007 of June
13, but it has not yet been deployed.
III.1. Ertzaintza Establishments
An armed civilian law
enforcement agency whose
remit is similar to that of
national police forces, but
within the scope of the
Basque Country
Graphic 7. Structure of the
119. The Basque Autonomous Police — the Ertzaintza — was first set up in 1982,
pursuant to Article 17 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (PGA
3/1979 of December 18) and is regulated by Basque Regional Act 4/1992 of July
17 on the Basque Police. It is defined as an armed civilian law enforcement agency
in the framework of the competences devolved to the relevant Autonomous
Graphic 7. General Structure of the Ertzaintza
Ertzaintza
Technical
Secretariat
Operational
Resources
Public
Safety
Mobile
Unit
Operational
Support &
Planning
Helicopter
Unit
Command
Centre
Bomb
Disposal
Private
Security
Criminal
Investigation
Territorial
Units
Territorial Police
Headquarters
Inspectorate
General
Central
Services
Central
Services
Criminal
Investigation &
Judicial Police
Territorial
Services
Traffic
Unit
Information
& Analysis
Protection &
Intervention
Provincial
Police Forces
Forensic
Police
Building
Security
Stations
Gambling &
Entertainment
Police
Administration
Canine
Unit
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