Originally it was formed in November 1843 as the "Municipal Guard". Although in 1907 it became the "Urban Guard".
Originally their police officers were armed with a sabre, pistol, and a rifle. Following Tragic Week events in 1909 the force was demilitarized, and officers are now armed with sidearms for personal defence.
During the early 20th century the force based their uniform types around that of the British Police uniform.[1] The emergency contact number is 092.
guàrdia, urbana, barcelona, guàrdia, urbana, english, urban, guard, municipal, police, force, city, barcelona, catalonia, spain, common, nameguàrdia, urbanaabbreviationgubagency, overviewformeddecember, 1907preceding, agencyguàrdia, municipaljurisdictional, st. The Guardia Urbana English Urban Guard is the municipal police force for the city of Barcelona Catalonia Spain Guardia Urbana de BarcelonaCommon nameGuardia UrbanaAbbreviationGUBAgency overviewFormedDecember 8 1907Preceding agencyGuardia MunicipalJurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionBarcelona Catalonia SpainGoverning bodyAjuntament de BarcelonaGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquartersC Guardia Urbana 2 408004 BarcelonaElected officer responsibleJoaquim Forn i Chiariello CouncillorAgency executiveXavier Vilaro i Camps Chief IntendantFacilitiesStationsList Ciutat VellaEixampleGraciaHorta GuinardoLes CortsNou BarrisSant AndreuSant MartiSants MontjuicSarria Sant Gervasi Contents 1 History 2 Equipment 3 Ranks 4 Vehicles 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditOriginally it was formed in November 1843 as the Municipal Guard Although in 1907 it became the Urban Guard Originally their police officers were armed with a sabre pistol and a rifle Following Tragic Week events in 1909 the force was demilitarized and officers are now armed with sidearms for personal defence During the early 20th century the force based their uniform types around that of the British Police uniform 1 The emergency contact number is 092 Equipment Edit Guardia Urbana mounted police Guardia Urbana transit police officer Police officers carry long batons Walther P99 pistols and PDAs 2 Ranks EditConstable Senior Constable Sergeant Sub inspector Inspector Chief Inspector Sub superintendent Superintendent 3 Vehicles Edit Guardia Urbana UTV s on La Barceloneta beach Primarily Toyota Prius V previously Citroen SEAT Altea XL and SEAT Toledo patrol cars Renault Trafic and Citroen Jumpy vans Nissan Pathfinder 4WD vehicles Honda F 250 and Piaggio scooters Polaris dune buggies Yamaha XT 600 E off road and Honda ST1300 E traffic policing motorbikes 4 See also EditMossos d Esquadra Corps of Firefighters of CataloniaReferences Edit Guardia Urbana www bcn es Archived from the original on July 10 2007 Technical operational equipment About us Guardia Urbana Barcelona City Council website Archived September 29 2008 at the Wayback Machine Badges About us Guardia Urbana Barcelona City Council website Archived September 29 2008 at the Wayback Machine Mobile Units About us Guardia Urbana Barcelona City Council website Archived September 29 2008 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditOfficial website English Official website Catalan Official website Spanish This article about an organisation based in Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guardia Urbana de Barcelona amp oldid 1105937167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
