Buenos Aires City Police

Buenos Aires City Police
Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Agency overview
Formed January 1st 2017
Preceding agency
Employees 25,000 [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Buenos Aires
General nature • Local civilian agency

Elected officer responsible
  • Martin Ocampo, Minister of Security and Justice
Agency executive
  • José Potocar [2], Chief of Police
Divisions Security, Investigation, Scientific, Technical
Facilities
Stations 56 [3]
Website
www.policiadelaciudad.gob.ar

The Buenos Aires City Police (In Spanish: Policia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) is the police force under the authority of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The force started to operate in 2017 by the merging of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police and the city's division of the Argentine Federal Police. It is composed of over 25,000 officers.

Structure and Organization

The police is headed by the Chief of Police who is appointed by the head of the executive branch of the City. The Chief of Police has to be a civilian.

There are four major areas of investigation:[4]

  • Public Security
  • Investigations and Research
  • Scientific and Technical
  • Administration

It's composed of eleven superintendencies and seven autonomous departments[5]

Geographically, the force is divided into 56 stations. The station employees are civilians.

Ranks

The Buenos Aires City Police has ten ranks, the highest being "Chief Superintendent".[4] The ranking system was inherited from the Metropolitan Police.

  1. Officer
  2. First Officer
  3. Senior Officer
  4. Inspector
  5. Chief Inspector
  6. Deputy Commissioner
  7. Commissioner
  8. Senior Commissioner
  9. Commissioner-General
  10. Superintendent
  11. Chief Superintendent of City Police

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/noticias/nace-la-policia-de-la-ciudad-de-buenos-aires
  2. ↑ http://www.infobae.com/politica/2016/12/24/el-gobierno-porteno-definio-al-nuevo-jefe-de-la-policia-de-la-ciudad/
  3. ↑ http://www.policiadelaciudad.gob.ar/?q=comisarias
  4. 1 2 "Los principales puntos de la Ley que crea la nueva Policía de la Ciudad". www.telam.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  5. ↑ "Estructura | Policia de la Ciudad". www.policiadelaciudad.gob.ar. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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