Tamaulipas State Police

Tamaulipas State Police
Policía Estatal de Tamaulipas
Fuerza Tamaulipas

Logo and Vehicle Door decal of the Tamaulipas State Police "Fuerza Tamaulipas"
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Location of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico
Size 80,249km2
Population 3,374,200 (2012)
Legal jurisdiction Tamaulipas
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Website
Official site(In spanish)

The Tamaulipas State Police (Spanish: Policía estatal de Tamaulipas) is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).

Police academy

The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.[1]

Prisons

The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").[2] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.[3]

The prisons include:

References

  1. "Academia Estatal de Policía." Tamaulipas Secretariat of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Negrete Lares, Angeles. "Prison director replaced following Matamoros jailbreak." The Brownsville Herald. January 1, 2003. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
  3. Althaus, Dudley. "85 escape prison in border city." Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2010. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "sria_seg_pub.pdf." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "Población en los Centros de Ejecución de Sanciones del Estado." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.


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