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Autonomous Police-Mossos d'Esquadra. Members. By sex and rank. Areas

Autonomous Police-Mossos d'Esquadra. Members. By sex and rank. Areas Catalonia. 2012
Major Comissari Intendent Inspector Subinspector Sergeant Corporal Officer Total
Men 0 15 42 122 346 801 2,182 10,028 13,536
Women 0 1 4 11 27 89 372 3,120 3,624
Total 0 16 46 133 373 890 2,554 13,148 17,160
Metropolità 0 3 19 51 162 379 1,058 6,557 8,229
Comarques Gironines 0 1 2 12 42 84 277 1,470 1,888
Camp de Tarragona 0 0 3 7 24 65 189 1,000 1,288
Terres de l'Ebre 0 0 1 2 9 37 87 339 475
Ponent 0 0 3 9 21 50 149 728 960
Comarques Centrals 0 1 3 3 17 42 128 624 818
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 0 1 3 6 33 107 343 493
Penedès 0 0 0 6 9 39 86 442 582
Non county 0 11 14 40 83 161 473 1,645 2,427
Source: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Note: Non county includes members of central services.

Last update: February 5, 2013.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Mossos d'Esquadra
The police force of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Methodological aspects

The legislation that regulates the activity of the Generalitat de Catalunya Police Force-Mossos d'Esquadra is highly extensive and specific. It was created by Law 19/1983 and retains the historical name of the Catalan police at the end of the 17th century. The Mossos d'Esquadra was the first professional police force in Catalonia and was a pioneer in the whole of Spain.

The deployment of the Mossos d'Esquadra in Catalonia began in 1994 and ended in 2008.

The Mossos d'Esquadra has four main areas of action: public safety, administration, judicial investigation and traffic. In addition, it is part of its functions to protect the authorities and dependencies of the Government of Catalonia; take care of public safety and public order; act as administrative and judicial police, and interurban traffic.

A table showing the number of personnel of each rank is presented: superintendent, intendent, inspector, sub-inspector, sergeant, corporal and officer. The territorial level is the area of the Territorial Plan and the total for Catalonia.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".