The State Police celebrate the 167 anniversary from the foundation

The State Police today celebrates the 167 anniversary of the foundation, in the presence of the highest state offices.

It is the splendid "Terrazza del Pincio", in Rome, that hosts the event, which takes place every year on the 10 April, the date of publication in the Official Journal of the Law n. 121 of the 1981 which outlined the organization and tasks of the State Police.

#Essercisempre, the popular hashtag of the State Police, identifies the purpose of the initiative: to share the anniversary with the citizens, to whom the daily work of the women and men of the State Police is addressed.

During the ceremony honors and rewards will be given to police officers who have fallen into service, to those who have completed important operational activities, as well as to the Olympic sportsmen of the Fiamme Oro Group who have achieved important sporting results during the year.

This year, moreover, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the eagle, emblem of the State Police that accompanies the institution since the 1919, with its portrayal of history, values, tradition, sacrifice and self-sacrifice, a commemorative medal was created , depicting the golden eagle with spread wings.

In the gallery there will be a representation of State Police Officers, who wears, on civilian clothes, the tricolor scarf as a symbol of the exclusive mission of the Public Security Officer, called to guarantee the safeguarding of democratic institutions and the peaceful and orderly conduct of cohabitation civil law for the exercise of constitutional freedoms and citizens' rights.

This year the President of the Republic granted the gold medal for civil merit to the flag of the State Police, for the activities carried out by the Prevention Police and the DIGOS which, with exceptional value and a sense of duty, have lavished every energy in the fight against terrorism and subversion of the democratic order, for the defense of the values ​​and institutions of the Republic.

This year is also the 60 year since the establishment of the then Female Police Corps, which has given women the possibility to be part of the State Police, playing a fundamental role fully and at all levels.

The event can be seen live on the Facebook account "Polizia di Stato" and on the institutional website www.poliziadistato.it. Furthermore, it will also be possible to follow him through the live twitting from the @poliziadistato account, with the hashtag #AnniversarioPolizia, as well as in the stories of the Instagram account “postdistato_officialpage ”.

Finally, as usual, at the Quirinale, at 16.00, will be held the evocative changing of the guard with the squadron on horseback in historical-Risorgimento uniform and the Band of the State Police, which will perform a concert with some of the most significant pieces of the repertoire institutional.

The State Police celebrate the 167 anniversary from the foundation

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