The Yucatán State Police (
In Spanish: ''Policía estatal de Yucatán'') is a Mexican
law enforcement agency
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Jurisdiction
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which operates public safety services, traffic enforcement and social prevention of the
delict
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in the
state of Yucatán. The State Police is a division of the Department of Public Safety of Yucatán (''Secretaría de Seguridad Pública, in spanish''), a centralized organism of the state government. Its current chief is Commissioner Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda, since 2007. Its headquarters are located at western city of
Mérida.
[Secretariat of Public Safety of Yucatán](_blank)
(In Spanish).
Vehicles
As of 2015, the State Police had 1,365 vehicles including cars, pick-ups, ambulances, boats, a helicopter and a plane.
Ranks and insignia
The State Police ranks are organized in: (from highest to lowest)
Professional Police Career Service Regulations
(In Spanish) Secretariat of Public Safety of Yucatán. Published in 2014.
Secretaries of Public Safety
Before 2008, the Department of Public Safety was known as Department of Roads and Protection.
* (2018 - 2021): Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda (current)
* (2012 - 2018): Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda
* (2007 - 2012): Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda
* (2001 - 2007): Javier Medina Torre
* (1995 - 2001): Luis Felipe Saidén Ojeda
* (1993 - 1995): ''?''
* (1991 - 1993): Federico Cuesy Adrián
* (1988 - 1991): Henry Boldo Osorio
* (1984 - 1988): ''?''
See also
*Yucatán (state)
Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate mun ...
*State police
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References
External links
Secretariat of Public Safety of the State of Yucatán
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Yucatán
Mexican drug war
State police agencies of Mexico