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| - The Group Command is responsible for coordinating and monitoring all departments in the area of competence, even outside the territorial chain of command. The Command performs the command functions for all services and units of the Corps did not specifically separated from: however, the Group Command, unless specifically charged, does not carry out police activities or external investigations. The Group Commands operate on the hierarchical and functional dependencies of the Commandant General for the exercise of supervisory decentralized functions, command and control in all offices and units located in the peripheral area of competence and to carry out decentralized organizational and administrative functions. The Group Command is involved in the development of plans for the management of available staff and resources. It is to note that the Group Commander, if authorized by the Commandant General, can establish provisional units and groups in order to achieve specific results. The Group Commands are each commanded by a Lieutenant General, who carries out the functions of running the directives of the Commandant General, co-ordinating the activities of its offices with those of the central offices. In case of particularly populous or delicate Regions, instead of a Lieutenant General may be a Captain General. It is to be noted that most of central commands or services are higher in rank than the Group Commanders: however, the latters receive orders only by the Commandant General. This inequality is deliberately pursued in order to ensure the centralization of the Imperial Gendarmerie. With regard to inspection and audit activities, the Group Commands operate in the planning and programming of the Central Inspection Bureau, and link up their activities with those at the Bureau. In carrying out inspection tasks, the higher-level commanders to the commanders of the offices, departments and institutions located in the area of competence.
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