Buenos Aires City Police
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Buenos Aires City Police Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
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Patch of the Buenos Aires City Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | January 1st 2017 |
| Preceding agency |
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police Argentine Federal Police (City of Buenos Aires Division) |
| Employees | 25,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Elected officer responsible | Martin Ocampo, Minister of Security and Justice |
| Agency executive | José Potocar , Chief of Police |
| Divisions | Security, Investigation, Scientific, Technical |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 56 |
| Website | |
| www.policiadelaciudad.gob.ar | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Sub division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Buenos Aires City Police (In Spanish: Policia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) is the police force under the authority of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The force started to operate in 2017 by the merging of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police and the city's division of the Argentine Federal Police. It is composed of over 25,000 officers.
The police is headed by the Chief of Police who is appointed by the head of the executive branch of the City. The Chief of Police has to be a civilian.
There are four major areas of investigation:
It's composed of eleven superintendencies and seven autonomous departments
Geographically, the force is divided into 56 stations. The station employees are civilians.
The Buenos Aires City Police has ten ranks, the highest being "Superintendent". The ranking system was inherited from the Metropolitan Police.
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