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No, they may belong to different competent police forces.
No. Enforcement belongs to different forces according to jurisdiction and territory, including the Guardia Civil, competent regional police and local police, with other legally provided cases. “Traffic police” may describe a function but is not the name of one single force to which all belong. Orders from officers regulating traffic must be obeyed under article 141, regardless of the competent force.
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Yes, all must belong to one single force with that name.
No, they may belong to different competent police forces.
Yes, and local police never have traffic responsibilities.
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