barcelona spanish government ready take run catalonia friday loyalty local police madrid catalan cause test order drag former political master office spanish police provoke international outcry use batons rubber bullets step try stop illegal independence referendum oct. local catalan force refuse prevent vote become bad constitutional crisis modern spanish history catalonia secessionist government intent resist spain plan remove power doubt divide demoralize mossos esquadra catalan police call would respond order evict president carles puigdemont autonomous government force national police could front line local police force rive distrust catalan independence estrange spain national police force accord interview mossos officer national police civil guard give evidence mossos chief sedition inquiry force stand back allow vote take place court document show five mossos officer speak condition anonymity say believe 17,000-strong force split among want independence oppose three say would use force remove minister lawmakers power go use force beat people baton passive say 15-year mossos veteran secessionist decline name say many others felt add would obey family eat mossos spokeswoman say force neutral subject political ideological criteria prime minister mariano rajoy intent thwart late bid independence catalonia 16 percent spanish population generate 19 percent country economic output avoid believe bring economic social turmoil heart eurozone officer tell reuters also anti-independence faction mossos esquadra lads squad catalan use encrypt chat app share view independence versus allegiance madrid bid impose authority madrid government replace mossos senior leadership question whether enough ensure force loyalty mossos stance powerful influence 7.5 million catalans force deep root catalan society emerge citizen militias 18th century mossos reputation enhance handle august van attack barcelona kill 14 people rajoy seek senate approval friday take unprecedented step assume central control catalonia include government run mossos strategy replace mossos leadership include two senior officer 23 commissioners route chain command national police commander yet appoint report interior ministry officials madrid catalan police union say spain foreign minister alfonso dastis say weekend call civil disobedience catalan government go arrest anyone senior government source say force may necessary depend reaction catalonia parliament empty close councillors offices clear obey problem obey enforce source say months-long standoff madrid pro-independence leaders progressively damage morale inside mossos hundreds officer oppose independence look quit force officer union officials say complain sideline pro-independence colleagues luis miguel lorente head national arp police union say 200 mossos officer contact union information join national police force spain send 4,000 police reinforcements catalonia protest side independence debate draw hundreds thousands people onto streets extra police billet two cruise ship barcelona harbor one ship paint cartoon character tweety pie sylvester cat lead tweety pie adopt mascot independence movement campaigners participants referendum opt overwhelmingly independence turnout 43 percent catalans favor remain part spain mainly boycott ballot secessionists say result give mandate statehood spain restore democracy follow death 1975 dictator francisco franco catalan language traditions suppress protest peaceful referendum show tensions swiftly escalate madrid use national police despise many secessionists enforce anti-independence measure mossos stand back senior government source say national police would step defiant catalan government remain power senate approve rajoy plan say week civil servants include mossos would continue obey instructions legislature raise fear puigdemont regional lawmakers refuse leave offices supporters may try help occupy offices well replace mossos leaders madrid may also redeploy mossos officer away key government build use national police instead interior ministry official say relations regional national force rock bottom new joint investigations launch say officer force demoralize divide inside catalonia 's police force