Buenos Aires Provincial Police

Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
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Agency overview
Formed1880 (1880) [1]
Employees+90,000
Jurisdictional structure
General nature
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible
  • Sergio Berni, Ministry of Security
Agency executive
Website
www.pol.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 Buenos Aires, 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 Minister Sergio Berni.[2] The Chief of the force is Daniel Alberto García, after Fabian Perroni quit the police force in November 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Celebración del 132 aniversario de la creación de la Policía Bonaerense" at Rivadavia Online Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sergio Berni, Gerardo Morales test positive for coronavirus, BA Times, 14-08-2020
  3. ^ "Berni confirmó al nuevo jefe de la Policía bonaerense y aseguró ante los efectivos: "dentro de la ley, todo; fuera de la ley, nada"". 13 December 2019.

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