Elche Local Police Administrative Unit Patch. Valencia, Spain.

In 1870 a Guardia Municipal (Municipal Guard) was established in Elche to service the citizens of the municipality and the maintenance of their security.
Elche is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community.
The Policía Local or Policía Municipal (known as Urban Guard in the city of Barcelona) operate in most cities and important towns, concentrating on preventing crime, settling minor incidents, traffic control, and, crucially, intelligence gathering.
Answers to the local governments.
Policía Municipal (Policía Local) in every town and city of 5,000 or more people, of which Madrid's is the largest force and Barcelona's is the second largest.
Similar to other law enforcement agencies, Policia Local are armed as well.
Policia Local also use their own distinctive marked patrol vehicles which usually say "Policia Local" with the towns name written on the side as well.
Sabadell, Madrid, Valladolid or the Basque Country call their Police Officers the Municipal Police, while in the Basque Country it is called Udaltzaingoa or Polizia (in Basque), while in Barcelona it is called the Guardia Urbana (Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona in Catalan), although in the vast majority of Spanish towns it is called the Local Police.