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The Polizia Municipale (municipal police) is responsible to the local mayor and limited to performing public order duties. Traffic control is their main function in addition to controlling commercial establishments to ensure they open and close according their license.

The Italian Polizia Municipale has 60,000 employees and the force’s vehicles have many different liveries depending on local tastes. The municipal police are also known as the Vigili Urbani which is an old term for local police. In some regions of Italy these forces can also be called Polizia Urbana or Polizia locale.

See also

Italian police

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Polizia di Stato	Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS) Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali (DIGOS) Polizia Ferroviaria Polizia Stradale Polizia Postale Mobile squads
Arma dei Carabinieri	Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS) Gruppo di intervento speciale (GIS) Cuirassiers Regiment 1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade 2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade Forestry Carabinieri
Guardia di Finanza	Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI) Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata (GICO)
Others	Polizia Penitenziaria Polizia Provinciale Polizia Municipale Compagnia barracellare Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard Regional Forestry Corps Police ranks of Italy

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