Guatemalan quetzal Guatemalan quetzal The quetzal (; code: GTQ) is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the resplendent quetzal. In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 "centavos" or "lenes" in Guatemalan slang. The plural is "quetzales". The quetzal was introduced in 1925 during the term of President José María Orellana, whose image appears on the obverse of the one-quetzal bill. It replaced the peso. Until 1987, the quetzal was pegged to and domestically equal to the United States dollar and before the pegging to the US
Basic command unit units (which are based on the 32 London boroughs). The term Operational Command Unit (OCU) is used for specialised units, for example the Aviation Security OCU. However, since March 2018 the Metropolitan Police now has 3 BCU's "Basic Command Units". 1) Central North - the joining of Islington and Camden Boroughs. 2) East Area - the joining of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Boroughs. 3) Central East - the joining of Tower Hamlets and Hackney boroughs. West Midlands Police is split into 10 Local Policing Units (LPUs). Each LPU is in turn organized into four "Core Policing Teams" (CPTs)