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Service in the Carabineros is voluntary, and admission
standards are high. Applicants are required to have
completed
secondary school and to have passed exacting physical
examinations
and psychological tests. A highly professional
organization, the
Carabineros have enjoyed a prestige and universal respect
that are
almost unique among Latin American police forces. The
force's
principal problem at the beginning of the 1990s was the
lack of
adequate resources to combat crime. Although budget
appropriations
for the Carabineros had risen steadily in the early 1990s
(from
US$37 million in 1990 to US$78 million in 1993), low pay
and even
inadequate clothing were a source of discontent within the
ranks.
The force has its own cadet, NCO, and staff officer
schools, in
addition to a specialists' training center, all of which
are
located in Los Cerrillos, Santiago.
Data as of March 1994
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