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Shock Police
Shock Police n. (also with lower-case initials) now historical (originally) specially trained armed police deployed by the Spanish republican government of the 1930s to deal with social unrest in urban areas; (more generally) riot police. [Originally after Spanish Guardias di Asalto, lit. ‘Assault Guards’ (1931); compare Portuguese Polícia de Choque riot police.]
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1931 N.Y. Times 22 July 10/3 Shock police, newly organised by the Spanish Home Minister, gobbled up the waiting bands, which included carloads ready to drive out into the provinces and liberate prisoners.
1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble i. 16 Shock Police (Guardias de Asalto), posted in side streets on motor cycles.
1984 Times 1 May 28/4 Luckily they left before the shock police turned up and there was a shoot-out.
2018 A. Sangster Probing Enigma of Franco ii. 39 One result was the creation of a force of police named Guardias de Asalto, the Shock Police who were created by the first Republican police chief.
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