Santa Fe Provincial Police

Santa Fe Provincial Police
Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe
Abbreviation PPSF

Patch of the Santa Fe Provincial Police
Agency overview
Formed 1864 (1864) [1]
Employees 17,800 (as of December 2013) [2]
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Governing body Santa Fe Province (Argentina)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Santa Fe, Argentina
Agency executive Omar Odriozola, Chief of Police
Facilities
Stations 19 [2]
Website
Police website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Sub division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

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.

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:


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

See also

References

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