Law enforcement in the Canary Islands consists of three security forces, the Local Police and the Civil Guard and Policía Nacional "Policia Local" & "Guardia Civil".
While the former is characterised by blue markings on both uniforms and vehicles, the latter's vehicles and clothing is green, and due to the high level of tourism to the islands, both police forces possess control centres for a number of different languages.
[2] In late 2006, a number of other countries, including Italy, Portugal, and Finland, supplied ships and aircraft to assist the Guardia Civil in dealing with the immigrant issue as part of Operation Hera II.
[4] On February 16, 2007, the islands' Civil Guard police arrested an armed man who hijacked a Boeing 737 that landed at Las Palmas on Gran Canaria.
The plane landed on the island after running low on fuel, and was surrounded by police before the hijacker was overpowered by the passengers.