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Municipal police (Italy)
Italian municipal police / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Italy, municipal police (Italian: polizia municipale) or Polizia Municipale, Polizia Locale are police of the various municipalities of Italy.
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Polizia municipale Vigili urbani Polizia locale | |
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Motto | ARS NOSTRA VIS URBIS (Latin) |
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Formed | 1861 |
Employees | 26.000 |
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National agency | Italy |
Operations jurisdiction | Italy |
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Operational structure | |
Overseen by | Municipal government |
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They are, in effect, the local police and work alongside the Ministry of Interior's Polizia di Stato the Ministry of Justice's Polizia Penitenziaria , the Ministry of Defence's Carabinieri, the Ministry of Finance's Guardia di Finanza and other emergency services.