Traffic Police

• Services on the public highway

  The purpose of these services is to ensure that traffic flows smoothly by organising and regulating movement and parking of vehicles.

• Intervention in RTAs

  The purpose of intervening in RTAs is to assist and inform the parties involved, to compile information and evidence from the accident so as to carry out investigation and draw up reports, as well as to resume traffic safety and flow.

• Interventions involving drivers

  These interventions are addressed to people who need the services of the Guardia Urbana of Barcelona while they are driving or in circumstances that take place due to conduct that may lead to offences or hazardous situations.

• Interventions involving vehicles

  These involve regulating the flow of vehicles, organising parking and intervening in RTAs in order to recover or improve traffic safety and flow.

• Safe mobility education

  This service strives to raise awareness about the roads and encourage safer conduct that conforms to the rules of the road, by informing and educating citizens, particularly schoolchildren.

Administrative Police

• Inspections / checks

  These interventions involve checking compliance with administrative requirements, regulated by means of ordinances, regulations, edicts, etc., which govern activities on public highways, in dwellings or establishments, works, ownership of pets, pyrotechnics, etc., in specific circumstances.

• Surveillance of green areas

  This service is intended to prevent and/or deal with unsuitable or banned conduct and events in forest areas, public parks and other green areas.

Citizen safety

• Interventions in crime prevention

  Interventions aimed at preventing crimes and minor offences (criminal infractions) from being perpetrated.

• Crime repression interventions

  Intervencions que es generen quan es comet un fet delictiu i que tenen com a finalitat el descobrir el delinqüent, detenir-lo i custodiar-lo, i també cercar i protegir les proves del delicte.

• Administrative interventions for citizen safety

  Action in this area is brought about when a non-criminal offence is committed against citizen safety or whenever other institutions request the assistance of the Guardia Urbana of Barcelona in any stage of a procedure that does not involve them (arrest controls, evictions, closure of establishments, etc.).

Assistance services

• Social actions

  The goal of these actions is to offer specific groups, such as minors, the elderly, the homeless, etc., protection when in need, in cooperation with the social services.

• Assistance actions

  These actions are aimed at providing citizens with help and information.

Community relations services

• The aim is for these services to be coordinated in conjunction with other institutions and to draw the Guardia Urbana closer to citizens in order to exchange information and be better prepared to meet their requirements.

Procedures and Information Office

• This office is for carrying out procedures and finding out information relating to the Guardia Urbana.