Buenos Aires Provincial Police

Buenos Aires Provincial Police Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Agency overview
Formed	December 24, 1821; 202 years ago (1821-12-24)[1]
Employees	+90,000
Jurisdictional structure
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Javier Alonso, Ministry of Security of PBA
Agency executive	Javier Villar[2], Chief of Police
Website
policia.mseg.gba.gov.ar

The Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Spanish: Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, informally Policía Bonaerense) is the police service responsible for policing the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina.

It is one of the biggest police services of Argentina, responsible for policing a province of over 15 million inhabitants, about 38% of Argentina's entire population. The Federal Capital district of Buenos Aires city is under the separate jurisdiction of the Buenos Aires City Police.

The institution is usually referred to as Policía Bonaerense, where bonaerense is the demonym for the Province of Buenos Aires. This contrasts with porteño, used for the inhabitants of the Buenos Aires city.

This police force is subordinate to the Provincial Ministry of Security headed by Javier Alonso.^[3]