Santa Fe Provincial Police

Law enforcement agency

Santa Fe Provincial Police
Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe

Agency overview
Formed| 1864; 161 years ago (1864) [1]
Employees| 20,000
Jurisdictional structure
General nature|

* Local civilian police

Operational structure
Headquarters| Santa Fe, Argentina
Agency executive|

* Luis Maldonado[2], Commissioner

Parent agency| Ministry of Security of Santa Fe Province
Facilities
Stations| 19

The Santa Fe Provincial Police (Spanish: Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe, "PPSF") is an Argentine police agency, responsible for policing the Santa Fe Province.

## History

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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

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A new set of ranks have been in use since 2007:

* Director General de Policia (Director General 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 Inspector),
* Official de Policia (Police Officer),
* Suboficial de Policia (Police deputy Officer)

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

## References

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1. ^ a b "Historia de la Policía de la Provincia" at Government of Santa Fe website
2. ^ Luis Maldonado y Daniel Filchel asumen como nuevo jefe y subjefe de la Policía by Juan Trento on Diario Uno, 11 Dec 2023

## External links

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* Police website on Government of Santa Fe
* Santa Fe Provincial Police on Facebook

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Law enforcement agencies of Argentina

Federal|

* Policía Federal
* Gendarmería Nacional
* Prefectura Naval
* Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria
* Federal Penitentiary Service
* Anti-Corruption Bureau

Provincial|

* Buenos Aires
* Córdoba
* Santa Fe
* Tucumán

Cities|

* Buenos Aires City Police
* Buenos Aires Urban Guard (defunct)
* Policía Metropolitana (defunct)

Tactical|

* Grupo Alacrán
* Grupo Albatros
* Grupo de Operaciones Federales
* Guardia de Infantería
* Grupo Halcón
* Grupo Uno
* Operaciones Especiales

Intelligence|

* Policía Federal
* Prefectura Naval
* Policía Aeroportuaria
* Servicio Penitenciario Federal
* Policía Bonaerense

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