Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty I. National Police Force Establishments 40. Public General Act 2/1986 of March 13 on Security Forces defines the An armed civilian law National Police Force (CNP) as “an armed civilian law enforcement agency enforcement agency with a answerable to the Ministry of the Interior” with a mainly urban remit (Arts. 9 & 11 of PGA 2/1986). Its basic functions and organisation are established by Articles mainly urban remit. The CNP has 63,215 officers 11, 12.1.A and 16-28 of the said Act. The disciplinary framework applicable to the CNP is regulated specifically by Public General Act 4/2010 of May 20, which also sets out the procedure for its enforcement. The two national level police forces are led by the same person: the Director General of the Police and Civil Guard. The CNP comprises 63,215 officers. The graphic below shows the basic central and peripheral organisation structure of the force at the time of writing of this report. Graphic 3. General Structure of the National Police Force Organisation structure of the CNP TECHNICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT DIRECTORATE FOR OPERATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION DEPT. GENERAL JUDICIAL POLICE DEPT. DIReCtoRAte GeneRAl FoR tHe polICe AnD CIVIl GuARD (National Police Area) SUBDIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR FINANCIAL, TECHNICAL & DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SUBDIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR HUMAN RESOURCES PERSONNEL DIVISION FINANCIAL & TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATION DIVISION TRAINING & SKILLS DIVISION SPANISH ID DOCUMENT & RECORDS DIVISION GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT. GENERAL ALIENS & BORDERS DEPT. GENERAL FORENSIC POLICING DEPT. GOVERNING BOARD ADVISORY COUNCIL CO-ORDINATION UNIT PERIPHERAL ORGANISATION REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS (20) PROVINCIAL STATIONS (44) JOINT STATIONS (4) LOCAL STATIONS (126) BORDER POSTS (66) DISTRICT STATIONS (70) ALIENS & DOCUMENTATION UNIT (13) * Royal Decree 1181/2008 of July 11 * Interior Ministry Order 2103/2005 of June 1 * Interior Ministry Order 161/2008 of January 29 Source: Directorate Gen. for the CNP (http://www.policia.es/cnp/cnp.html). THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 45

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