The Buenos Aires Provincial Police (

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: ''Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires'', informally ''Policía Bonaerense'') is the police service responsible for policing the

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, in 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 ''

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'' is the

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

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

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is subordinate to the Provincial Ministry of Security headed by Minister Sergio Berni. The Chief of the force is Daniel Alberto García, after Fabian Perroni quit the police force in November 2019.

Police Ranks

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

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s (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 rank system

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

Bersa Thunder 9 The Thunder 9 is a full-size semi-automatic handgun manufactured by Bersa at the Ramos Mejia production plant in Argentina. It is also sold under the name Firestorm or FS 9. Derivatives in other calibres include the Thunder 40 and Thunder 45. ...

Ithaca 37 The Ithaca 37 (or Model 37) is a pump-action shotgun made in large numbers for the civilian, law enforcement and military markets. Based on a 1915 patent by firearms designer John Browning for a shotgun initially marketed as the Remington Model ...

* Hatsan Escort AimGuard *

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* FMK-3 *

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FN FAL The FAL (a French acronym for (English: "Light Automatic Rifle")), is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal (simply known as FN). During the Cold War the FAL was adopted by many countries of th ...

Remington 700 The Remington Model 700 is a series of bolt-action centerfire rifles manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. It is a development of the Remington 721 and 722 series of rifles, which were introduced in 1948. The M24 and M40 military sniper ...

Vehicles

Toyota Hilux The , stylized as HiLux and historically as Hi-Lux, is a series of pickup trucks produced and marketed by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The majority of these vehicles are sold as pickup truck or cab chassis variants, although they ...

Renault Duster Oroch The Renault Duster Oroch (called Renault Oroch since 2022) is a 4-door pickup truck produced by the French manufacturer Renault primarily for the South American market since September 2015. It has four doors, space for five passengers, a load ca ...

Chevrolet Astra Astra (Latin for "stars") may refer to: People * Astra (name) Places * Astra, Chubut, a village in Argentina * Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey * Astra, one suggested name for a hypothetical fifth planet that became t ...

Ford Ranger Ford Ranger is a nameplate that has been used on multiple model lines of pickup trucks sold by Ford worldwide. The nameplate has been used for distinct model lines of vehicles worldwide since 1982 from the compact and mid-size pickup category. ...

Ford Focus The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1998. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwide. The ...

Toyota Etios The Toyota Etios is a subcompact car consisting a line of four-door saloon/sedan and five-door hatchback produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota since 2010. The saloon version was launched in December 2010 and the hatchback version (with addi ...

Volkswagen Voyage Voyage(s) or The Voyage may refer to: Literature *''Voyage : A Novel of 1896'', Sterling Hayden * ''Voyage'' (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter *''The Voyage'', Murray Bail * "The Voyage" (short story), a 1921 story by ...

Fiat Siena The Fiat Siena is a subcompact car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1996 to 2022. It is the four-door sedan version of the Fiat Palio, a supermini car especially designed for developing countries. It was introduced for the first ...

Iveco Daily The Iveco Daily is a large light commercial vehicle, light commercial van produced by the Italy, Italian automaker Iveco since 1978; it was also sold as the Fiat Daily by Fiat Automobiles, Fiat until 1983. Unlike the more car-like unibody Fiat D ...

Ram 1500 The Ram pickup (marketed as the Dodge Ram until 2010) is a full-size pickup truck manufactured by Stellantis North America (formerly Chrysler Group LLC and FCA US LLC) and marketed from 2010 onwards under the Ram Trucks brand. The current fif ...

Helicópters

MBB Bo 105 The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and the first rotorcraft that could perform a ...

* Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil

References

External links

*
Police websiteMinistry of Security website
{{Law enforcement agencies of Argentina Provincial law enforcement agencies of Argentina