Santa Fe Provincial Police

The Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe (Santa Fe Province Police, PPSF) is an Argentine police agency, responsible for policing the Santa Fe Province.

Santa Fe Provincial Police
Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe
AbbreviationPPSF
Agency overview
Formed1864 (1864) [1]
Employees17,800 (as of December 2013) [2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionSanta Fe, Argentina
Governing bodySanta Fe Province (Argentina)
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersSanta Fe, Argentina
Agency executive
Facilities
Stations19 [2]
Website
Police website

History

The first police functions were ejecutioned by Majors and Councilor designed by the Cablido, which was the Government of the Province by then.

By 1578 Councilor Don Bernabé de Luxán established that Major , as stated in the records of the Cabildo of Santa Fe. After the wars for the Independence of Argentina, the Cabildo would be lose representativeness

In 1833, with the purpose of "solving the administration of the Province of Santa Fe", it was promulgated a regulation that established the position of Chief of Police (amongst others) that had been carried out by the Cabildo until then.[1]

Organization

A new set of ranks have been in use since 2007:


  • Director General de Policia (Director General of Police)
  • Director de Policia (Director of Police),
  • Subdirector de Policia (Deputy Director of Police),
  • Comisario Supervisor (Commissioner Supervisor),
  • Comisario (Commissioner),
  • Subcomisario (Deputy Commissioner),
  • Inspector (Inspector),
  • Subinspector (Deputy Inspector),
  • Official de Policia (Police Officer),
  • Suboficial de Policia (Police deputy Officer)

This makes the SFPP one of several that sport a unique rank system.

See also

References
  1. "Historia de la Policía de la Provincia" at Government of Santa Fe website
  2. "Personal Policial"
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