Specialities
The Corps has been organised into different specialties divided into operational and support specialties:
- Seguridad Ciudadana - Public Order and Prevention service, which makes up the bulk of the Guardia Civil.
- GEAS (Grupo Especial de Actividades Subacuáticas) - Divers.
- GRS(Grupo de Reserva y Seguridad) - Riot control
- SEMAR (Servicio Marítimo) - Guardia Civil's Naval Service, tasked with seashore surveillance and fisheries inspections.
- SEPRONA (Servicio de Protección de la Naturaleza) - Nature Protection Service, for environmental protection.
- SAER (Servicio Aéreo) - Guardia Civil Air Service.
- Servicio Cinológico - K-9 Unit, for Drugs and explosives detection and people finding.
- Servicio de Montaña - Mountain and Speleology Rescue.
- Jefatura Fiscal y de Fronteras - Customs and Revenue Service
- SIGC (Servicio de Informacion de la Guardia Civil) - Intelligence Service.
- TEDAX (Técnicos Especialistas en Desactivación de Artefactos Explosivos) - lit, Explosive Artifacts Defuser Specialised Technicians (EOD)
- Agrupación de Tráfico - Traffic Group, The Guardia Civil's Highway Patrol, tasked with the control of highways and trunk roads.
- GAR (Grupo de Acción Rápida) - Rapid Reaction Group. Special antiterrorist unit, operating within Basque Country provinces.
- UCO (Unidad Central Operativa) - Central Operative Unit, a branch of the Policía Judicial focused on complex or nation-wide investigations.
- UEI (Unidad Especial de Intervención) - Special Intervention Unit.
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