GNR

Published 5 November 2026, 15:07

GNR — Guarda Nacional Republicana (Republican National Guard)

A police force with a military structure that covers the countryside, small towns and motorways: road incidents, thefts, reports, keeping order outside cities.

Where you come across it. The same things the police deal with in a city, only outside it: filing a report, recording a refusal to hand over the complaints book, a crash on a motorway.

In cities it's the PSP, outside them the GNR. Mix-ups are most common in the suburbs, and 112 will tell you which one to call.

Official website: gov.pt/entidades/guarda-nacional-republicana

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