Polícia de Segurança Pública
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| Public Security Police Polícia de Segurança Pública |
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| Abbreviation | PSP |
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| Logo of the Public Security Police. | |
| Motto | Pela ordem e pela pátria |
| For the order and for the fatherland | |
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| Formed | 1927 |
| Preceding agency | Polícia Cívica |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| National agency | Portugal |
| Primary governing body | Government of Portugal |
| Secondary governing body | Ministry of Interior (Portugal) |
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| Headquarters | Lisbon |
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| www.psp.pt | |
The Polícia de Segurança Pública - PSP (Public Security Police) is the Portuguese police force that works in large urban areas. Rural towns and areas are under the protection of the Portuguese Republican National Guard. The PSP includes a Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group).
[edit] See also
- Policia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado (PVDE) (Vigilance and State Defence Police)
- Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado (PIDE) (International and State Defence Police)
- Guarda Nacional Republicana (gendarmerie)
- Direcção Geral de Segurança (DGS) (Directorate-General of Security)
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