Defunct law enforcement agencies of Spain

Spanish law enforcement association

Spanish former police corps

The Sometent (in Catalan; in Spanish: somatén) was a militia institution from Catalonia. In its beginnings it was an armed corps of civilian protection, separated from the army, for self-defense and defense of the local territory. It thus contrasted with the other Spanish militia, the miquelets, irregular troops that could also be sent to fight outside their territory.

militarized police force responsible for public order in Francoist Spain (1939–1978)

secret police in Francoist Spain

(1977-2002)