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Secretariat of Public Security

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Formed
  
2000

Jurisdiction
  
Mexico

Annual budget
  
$126 million (2010)

Dissolved
  
2013

Employees
  
21,600

Secretariat of Public Security

Headquarters
  
Av. Constituyentes 947, Belén de Las Flores, Álvaro Obregón, 01110 Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico Mexico City

The Mexican Secretariat of Public Security or Secretariat of Public Safety also known as Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Public Safety (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública, SSP), was the federal ministry of the Mexican Executive Cabinet which aimed to preserve freedom, order and public peace, and safeguard the integrity and rights of the people, the Assistant Attorney General and Powers of the Union, to prevent the commission of crimes, develop public security policy of the Federal Executive and propose policy on crime, administer the federal prison system, and for the treatment of juvenile offenders, in terms of the powers him by the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and other federal laws and regulations, decrees, agreements and orders of the President of the Republic. It had its headquarters in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.

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President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on November 15, 2012 that he will eliminate the Secretariat of Public Security, as part of his planned administrative reforms, after he takes office. It was dissolved on 3 January 2013 and was replaced by the "National Security Comission" (Spanish: Comision Nacional de Seguridad), an internal organ of the Secretariat of the Interior as seen on their website.

Functions

The Secretariat will plan and conduct their activities in accordance with the objectives, strategies and priorities, National Development Plans and the National Program are issued by the Head of the Federal Executive. According to Organic Law of the Federal Civil Service in its 'Article 30a' has an office on the following main functions, to develop security policies and propose public policy on crime at the federal level, including the rules, instruments and actions to effectively prevent the commission of crimes, to propose Federal Executive measures to ensure consistency of policy between the criminal divisions of the federal public service, chairing the National Council for Public Security, at the Council of National Security, policies, actions and strategies of coordination in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice policy for the entire national territory, dealing expeditiously with complaints and citizens' complaints regarding the exercise of its powers, organize, manage, administer and monitor the PFP and to ensure the honest performance of their staff and implement its disciplinary system, safeguard the integrity and heritage of the people, prevent the commission of federal crimes, and to preserve the Freedom, order and public peace, establish a system to collect, analyze, examine and process information for the prevention of crime, using methods that ensure strict adherence to human rights and run the penalties for federal crimes and to administer the federal prison system, as well as organize and conduct activities to support the released.

Organization

For the study, planning, and dispatching of the matters within its competence, the Secretariat will be composed of the following administrative units and bodies:

List of secretaries

  • President Vicente Fox Quesada
  • (2000 - 2004) : Alejandro Gertz Manero
  • (2004 - 2005) : Ramón Martín Huerta
  • (2005 - 2006) : Eduardo Medina Mora
  • President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
  • (2006 - 2012): Genaro García Luna
  • President Enrique Peña Nieto
  • (2012 - 2013): Manuel Mondragón y Kalb
  • References

    Secretariat of Public Security Wikipedia