Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires
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| Creation: | 2004 |
| General Director: | Leandro Iván Chulack |
| Adjunct General Director: | Licenciado Mauro Sestua |
| Location: | Cochabamba St. 1571, Buenos Aires |
| Phone: | 54 11 4304-3474 |
The Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Urban Guard) is a specialized civilian force of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, that deals with different urban conflicts with the objective of develop actions of prevention, dissuasion and mediation, promoting effective behaviors that guarantee the security and the integrity of public order and social coexistence. The unit continuously assists the personnel of the Argentine Federal Police, especially in emergency situations, events of massive concurrence, and protection of tourist establishments.
The group permanently do controls of seat belt use, blood alcohol content tests, and traffic order; also its agents are enabled to offer quick and objective information to tourists and foreign people. Other functions include take part when a public case of intentional damage or negligence happen; anyway, its personnel always must act in a preventive, educative, dissuasive and coordinated form.
The Urban Guard officials do not carry any weapon in the performing of their duties. Their basic tools are a HT radio transmissor and a whistle.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- (Spanish) Official website
