Abbreviation PPSF | ||
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Formed 1864; 153 years ago (1864) Employees 17,800 (as of December 2013) Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Governing body Santa Fe Province (Argentina) General nature Law enforcement
Local civilian police | ||
The Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe (Santa Fe Province Police, PPSF) is an Argentine police agency, responsible for policing the Santa Fe Province.
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History
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.
Organization
A new set of ranks have been in use since 2007:
This makes the SFPP one of several that sport a unique rank system.