Portuguese PSP,GNR or Maritine police divers course info

[GETSOME]

Please d,oes anyone ,maybe the portuguese on this site ,know or have any info ,pics about the GNR(REPUBLICAN GUARD) ,PSP(POLICE) and the maritine police divers course,how long is it or is it a civialin course.

[sarg]

hi
here in portugal in the police we only have divers in the gnr.thát´s a civilian course that the oficers take to get acesse to others functions in that police force.for exemple we have the sepna that belongs to the gnr and that is responsible for nature ralated crimes.so the divers course is used in the sepna because of rivers and the sea.
divers that make rescues belong to the fire fighters or to the navy.
that i know psp doesn´t have divers in there ranks.
go to www.gnr.pt
or
www.psp.pt and look the galery.maybe you find some photos,or not...

sorry about mi english

sarg

[PereiraMarques]

In Portugal the only police force with diver capability is the GNR and they only got that capability recently (September 2006). Those military/police officers (24 members?) are part of SEPNA - Serviço de Protecção da Natureza e Ambiente (Environment and Nature Protection Service).

SEPNA badge


When police autorities need to user divers, the use firemen trained as divers or the Navy Divers (Destacamentos de Mergulhadores-Sapadores n.º1 and n.º 2 - Sapper Divers Detachments no.1 and no. 2) . Note that Mergulhadores-Sapadores are part of the Navy's Operational Forces and not part of Polícia Marítima - Maritime Police, which also belongs to the Navy, but is integrated in the Sistema de Autoridade Marítima - Maritime Autority System.

[Boina verde]

GOE (PSP) have members with the dive course as well.

[GETSOME]

So what type of dive badge do they wear?

[Boina verde]

No idea, but problably they don't wear any kind of dive badge.

[Boina verde]

Video of GOE (you can see a diver team):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XThzhP_X64

Video of the GNR/SEPNA divers:

http://videos.sapo.pt/cJzZGAmug0CTErlzhilT

[GETSOME]

Thank you dude,nice video.

[Boina verde]

I will ask to some friends of mines, how long is the diver course taken by the GNR/SEPNA.

[Boina verde]

Some pictures from the Navy Divers:

http://www.pbase.com/jprata/mergulhadores

PS: in Portugal if you want to be a professional diver, you have to take a course in the Portuguese Navy, in the Divers School.

[GETSOME]

Any Portuguese guys out there that can help me please?
The GNR has trained 8 new divers for a new course called:Unidade Especial De Operaçoes Subaquaticas.
Do you guys know any more info,pics maybe, or where i can get more info,thanks'

[Lancero]

Any Portuguese guys out there that can help me please?
The GNR has trained 8 new divers for a new course called:Unidade Especial De Operaçoes Subaquaticas.
Do you guys know any more info,pics maybe, or where i can get more info,thanks'

[GETSOME]

Thanks Lancero,any info,in Portuguese will be fine?