Argentine police
| Argentine Federal Police Policía Federal Argentina |
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| Abbreviation | PFA |
| Motto | Al servicio de la comunidad To serve the community |
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| Formed | December 24, 1943 |
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Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) |
Argentina |
| Operations jurisdiction | Argentina |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| General nature | • Federal law enforcement• Local civilian agency |
| Headquarters | Departamento Central de Policía, 1650 Moreno Street, Buenos Aires |
| Sworn members | 65,000 |
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| The Policía Federal Argentina, while a federal agency, also provides direct policing to the capital city Buenos Aires Phone: 54 11 4378-5800/4346-7000/4809-6100 |
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The Argentine Federal Police (Spanish: Policía Federal Argentina or PFA) is a civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country, but until January 1, 2017, when the Buenos Aires City Police took over, its main responsibility was policing the Federal District of Buenos Aires.
The history of this police force can be traced to 1580, when the founder of Buenos Aires, Captain Juan de Garay, established a local militia for defense against potential Native American raids. The Policía de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Police) operated for the first three hundred years up to 1880, when the Federalization of Buenos Aires resulted in the creation of the Policía de la Capital (Police of the Capital).
Incidents of social unrest in subsequent years helped prompt the Fraga Law in 1904, which provided for the inclusion of neighborhood representatives as commissioners in their respective precincts. The failed Revolution of 1905, by which the UCR sought to bring about reforms to the undemocratic electoral system, led to the appointment of a conservative congressman, retired Col. Ramón Falcón, to the post of chief of police; Falcón's repressive tenure ended with his 1909 assassination.
The current entity resulted from an initiative by the chief of police, Col. Emilio Ramírez, assisted by LTCOL Enrique Fentanes. A panel convened by the police chief presented its findings to support the establishment of the Federal Police on November 8, 1943, and on December 24, Decree 17.750 was signed by President Pedro Pablo Ramírez (the father of the chief of police). The new force did not immediately replace the Capital Police, but was instead transferred duties under the latter's purview incrementally. The first important such transfer was the February 7, 1944, assignment as the Presidential Guard of the Casa Rosada, and on March 10, the process of unifying the two forces was initiated by decree, concluding officially on January 1, 1945.
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