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AlertCops is Spain's official nationwide safety app and can provide police chat, incident reporting, photo or location sharing, area alerts and automatic translation. Spain's official tourism guidance presents it as a complementary way to contact Policía Nacional and Guardia Civil. It is optional, not a replacement for emergency calls. Current store reviews include failed foreign-number verification and crashes, so install and test it only after arriving in Spain and do not depend on it as the sole safety channel. Call 112 immediately for an emergency; the number is free throughout Spain and offers multilingual tele-translation. Keep 112 written offline in case the phone has no data, the app is signed out or location permissions fail. Use AlertCops only for genuine safety or police matters, grant location access deliberately and review any continuous sharing afterward. In a theft, prioritize personal safety, block payment cards and the mobile line, use device-locator tools from a safe place and ask about the Foreign Tourist Assistance Service where available. Keep a separate copy of passport details and insurance contacts, but do not store unnecessary identity scans in an open photo gallery.
Spain's official multilingual channel for police chat, incident reporting, safety alerts and location sharing.
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