Buenos Aires City Police

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

Buenos Aires City Police
Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1st 2017
Preceding agency
Employees25,000 [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBuenos Aires
General nature
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible
  • Martin Ocampo, Minister of Security and Justice
Agency executive
  • José Potocar [2], Chief of Police
DivisionsSecurity, Investigation, Scientific, Technical
Facilities
Stations56 [3]
Website
www.policiadelaciudad.gob.ar

Structure and Organization

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

There are four major operational areas:[4]

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

The force is made up of eleven superintendencies and seven autonomous departments[5]

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

Ranks
Peugeot 408 police car.

The Buenos Aires City Police has eleven ranks, the highest being "Chief Superintendent".[4] The ranking system was inherited from the Metropolitan Police, the Chief Superintendent rank, being a new addition, is used only by the head of the BACP.

  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 the City Police

Armament and diverse material

This area has a large quantity and variety of weapons.

  • Pistols Beretta PX4 Storm - Cal. 9x19mm Parabellum.
  • Pistols Bersa Thunder 9 Pro - Cal. 9x19mm Parabellum.
  • Pistols SIG Sauer 1911 - Cal. .45 ACP (Used only by tactical group DOEM).
  • Shotguns Benelli M3 - Cal. 12 gauge.
  • Submachine gun SIG Sauer MPX - Cal. 9x19mm Parabellum (Used only by tactical group DOEM).
  • Carbines SIG Sauer SIG516 - Cal. 5,56x45mm (Used only by tactical group DOEM).
  • Sniper rifles SIG Sauer SIG716 DMR - Cal. 7,62x51mm (Used only by tactical group DOEM).
  • FN 303 Riot gun.
Buenos Aires City Police checkpoint

Vehicles

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. "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.
  6. "En la comisaría 30 arrancó la Policía de la Ciudad" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. "Motos de tres ruedas y autos con radar: nuevos patrulleros porteños" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  8. "Presentaron a la nueva policía de la ciudad de Buenos Aires" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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