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 74 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN

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