Size 80,249km2 Legal jurisdiction Tamaulipas | Population 3,374,200 (2012) | |
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Legal personality Governmental: Government agency General nature Law enforcement
Local civilian police Headquarters Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | ||
The Tamaulipas State Police (Spanish: Policía estatal de Tamaulipas) is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).
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Police academy
The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.
Prisons
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center"). As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.
The prisons include:
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