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Encyclopedia > Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires

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, specially in emergency situations, events of massive concurrence, and protection of tourist establishments. Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in Latin America. ... The Policía Federal Argentina (Spanish for Argentine Federal Police), also known as the PFA, is the federal police agency in Argentina. ... An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. ... A tourist attraction is a place where tourists, foreign and domestic, normally visit. ...


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. A three-point seat belt. ... Blood alcohol content (or blood alcohol concentration), often abbreviated BAC, is the concentration of alcohol in blood, measured, by volume, as a percentage. ... In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersections to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts. ...


See also

The Policía Federal Argentina, or PFA (Argentine Federal Police), is a federal police agency in Argentina. ... Policía Bonaerense is Spanish for Buenos Aires Police. ... Sistema de Seguridad Interior (Interior Security System, SSI) is the official denomination of the Argentine public security community. ...

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