The Buenos Aires Provincial Police (, informally ''Policía Bonaerense'') is the police service responsible for policing the

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Organisation

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 Buenos Aires City Police () is the municipal police force of Buenos Aires. History It began operation in 2017 following the merger of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police and the city's division of the Argentine Federal Police. The force ...

. The institution is usually referred to as ''Policía Bonaerense'', where '' bonaerense'' is the

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for the Province of Buenos Aires. This contrasts with ''

porteño (feminine: ''Porteña'', in Spanish) is mainly used to refer to the residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as El Puerto de Santa María, Spain; Valparaíso, Chile; Mazatlán, Veracruz, Acapulco and ...

'', used for the inhabitants of the Buenos Aires city. This

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is subordinate to the Provincial Ministry of Security headed by Javier Alonso.

Ranks

Former

Until January 2005, the Buenos Aires Police used the same rank system as employed by the Federal Police and other Argentine provincial police forces. This system consisted of seventeen ranks, of which nine were for (commissioned) officers and eight were for sub-officers (including the basic rank of agent). A new and simplified rank system was established through passage of a law governing police personnel. This system officially abolished the distinction between (commissioned) officers and sub-officers. It instituted a rank system consisting of the following nine ranks, listed in descending order:

Current

As of 2009, a new law modified the police ranks and established some variations (Ley 13.982/09). It establishes different personnel rankings (''"Escalafones"'' as they are called in Spanish), which relate to operational responsibilities: * Officers of the General ranking; * Officers of the Command ranking; * Professional Officers; * Administrative Officers; * Technical Officers; * General Services personnel; * 911 personnel; * Civilian personnel. The current levels for the ''Command'' sub-ranking are (ten levels) in descending order: * 1) Conducting Officers: ''Comisario General''
''Comisario Mayor'' * 2) Supervision Officers: ''Comisario Inspector'' * 3) Chief Officers: ''Comisario''
''Subcomisario'' * 4) Subordinate Officers: ''Oficial Principal''
''Oficial Inspector''
''Oficial Subinspector''
''Oficial Ayudante''
''Oficial Subayudante''
The ''General'' sub-ranking defines seven levels (the general sub-ranking is subordinate to the commando sub-ranking, so its highest ranking is subordinate to the lowest ranking of commando officers): * 1) Superior Officers: ''Mayor (Major)''
''Capitán (Captain)''
''Teniente 1ro. (First Lieutenant)'' * 2) Subordinate Officers: ''Teniente (Lieutenant)''
''Subteniente (Sublieutenant)''
''Sargento (Sergeant)''
''Oficial (Officer)'' * 3) Police Academy cadet. Both the ''Commando'' and ''General'' rankings represent the sworn officers (armed personnel). The other rankings constitute the support staff. For the ''Professional'', ''Technical'' and ''Administrative'' sub-rankings, the levels of the Commando sub-ranking is employed. The subordinate relationship between the subrankings makes the ''Commando'' ranking the highest group over all.

Equipment

Arms

Vehicles

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* Renault Duster Oroch *

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* Ram 1500

Helicópters

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* Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil

References

External links

* {{Law enforcement agencies of Argentina Provincial law enforcement agencies of Argentina 1821 establishments in Argentina