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)
Employees	17,800 (as of December 2013)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Governing body	Santa Fe Province (Argentina)
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Santa Fe, Argentina
Agency executive	Omar Odriozola, Chief of Police
Facilities
Stations	19
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.

Organization

New ranks since 2007: Director General de Policia (General Director 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 Inspetor), Official de Policia (Police Officer), Suboficial de Policia (Police deputy Officer).

See also

• Argentine Federal Police
• Buenos Aires Police
• Buenos Aires Urban Guard
• Special Operations Troops Company
• Interior Security System

External links

• Official website