Borders and Coastguard Agency
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|motto = Keeping Gibraltar open for business!
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|formed = 1 November 2011
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|headquarters = 11 Winston Churchill Avenue
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The Borders and Coastguard Agency is the combined border guard and coast guard of Gibraltar. It was established as a statutory agency by an Act of the Gibraltar Parliament and has been operating since 1 November 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.gibraltarborder.gi/about-us |title=Gibraltar Borders & Coast Guard Agency – About Us |publisher=Gibraltarborder.gi |date=1 November 2011 |access-date=3 April 2020}}{{cite act|url=https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/legislations/borders-coastguard-agency-act-2011-3005|title=Borders & Coastguard Agency Act 2011|year=2011|type=Act|legislature=Gibraltar Parliament|index=28}} Customs duties are handled by His Majesty's Customs.
Mission
The stated mission of the Borders and Coastguard Agency is: "to maintain a secure and fluid border and protect against criminal acts that threaten the security of travel, by enforcing the law and securing the confidence of travellers, in order to keep our homes safe and Gibraltar open for business".{{cite web|url=http://www.gibraltarborder.gi/vision-mission |title=Gibraltar Borders & Coast Guard Agency – Vision and Mission |publisher=Gibraltarborder.gi |access-date=3 April 2020}}
Role
Its role is to act as the main Gibraltar authority for aviation, maritime and land travel security and immigration.{{cite web|url=http://www.gibraltarborder.gi/vision-mission |title=Gibraltar Borders & Coast Guard Agency – Vision and Mission |publisher=Gibraltarborder.gi |access-date=3 April 2020}} Gibraltar has an airport and a sea port, and shares a land border with Spain.
Officers
The duties of the Borders and Coastguard Agency are carried out by uniformed officers.
Uniform
Officers wear a typical British police-type agency uniform:
- Peaked cap (males) or bowler cap (females) with red and white chequered cap band
- White shirt
- Black tie
- Black trousers
- Long-sleeved or short-sleeved black jacket
- High-visibility kit vest
- Black T-shirt
- Black baseball cap
See also
References
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{{UK crown dependency and overseas territory law enforcement}}
{{Border protection agencies}}
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