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The Carabineros wear an olive-drab uniform with green
trim, a
high-crowned cap with brown leather visor, and brown
leather
apparel. Motorcycle police wear white crash helmets and
gauntlets
with the standard service uniform. Riot helmets and
shields are
used by special units. Female members wear a version of
the male
uniform with skirt and hard-crowned, kepi-type cap.
Officers' rank
insignia are identical to these of the army but are worn
on silver
rather than gold shoulder straps and plaits. NCO rank
insignia are
in silver lace and worn on the upper sleeve.
Data as of March 1994
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