Policia Federal de Mexico

The Federal Police (Policia Federal) of The Federal Republic of Los Estados Unidos de Mexico is a national police force. It is under the authority of the Department of Security and Civil Protection. Typically, agents of the Federal Police are heavily armed and wear dark blue, black, or gray combat fatigues. On account of its heavily armed agents, its culture, and its origins, the Federal Police as a whole may be considered a gendarmerie. However, two of the seven "divisions" (i.e. branches of service) of the Federal Police have particularly military characteristics: The Federal Forces Division and the Gendarmerie Division. The Gendarmerie Division was created in 2014, and is legally defined as a military/police force within the Federal Police.

There is an investigation division within the Federal Police. Investigation of federal crimes can also be handled by the Federal Ministerial Police directed by the Attorney General of Mexico.

The Federal Police was established as a central element of the strategy against organized crime and criminality in Mexico, not only to prevent crimes and federal jurisdiction at the federal level, but to become an institution of excellence, capable of cooperating with local police and prosecutors in investigating the crimes of high social impact.

Total: 330.000 Federal, State and local police.

The strategic objectives are:

• Compliance with legal framework to combat organized crime and drugs.

• The establishment of the National System of Public Security.

• The evaluation and adjustment of the strategy for drug control in Mexico.

In 1999, during the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo, the Federal Police of Roads became the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). In 2009, under the presidency of Felipe Calderón, he became the Federal Preventive Police in the current Federal Police, endowed of powers to carry out preventive investigation and collaborate with the Attorney General's Office (PGR). The Federal Police of Mexico was created as a counterpart to the National Police of the Panama Coalition, a police force that operates in all the States of the Panama Coalition, highly trained and with a military organization. The Federal Police was created under the principles of professionalism, adherence to the law, efficiency, honesty and absolute respect for human rights. However, accusations of corruption, torture and abuse of power are well known. Former Federal Police Directors have been accused of having ties to organized crime, of receiving millionaire bribes from the Drug Cartels and of using the security forces to protect these criminal groups. The Federal Police is the police force that can operate in any State in the nation. There are also state police and municipal police acting under the orders of the State Governors and Mayors, respectively.

Strategic objectives:

• Preventing and combating crime commission to ensure peace and public order.

• Fight corruption, to purify and dignify the police.

• Strengthen the professionalism of the members of the Institution.

• Improve public perception of the institutional activities.

• Promote citizen participation in crime prevention.

• Consolidated as the country's largest institution in the field.

• Strengthen its organizational structure and functional.

• Manage resources efficiently.

• Increase and strengthen the operational deployment at the national level.

• Strengthening intelligence activities.

• Strengthen inter-agency coordination mechanisms with the three levels of government.

• Promote the updating of the legal framework.

• Strengthen and upgrade the technological infrastructure.

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• 1 General Commissioner;

• 7 Divisions: Intelligence Research, Regional Security; Scientific, Drug, Federal and Gendarmerie Forces;

• 1 General Secretariat;

• 1 Internal Affairs;

• 20 Coordination;

• 66 DGs;

• 6 DGs in aid to the Chief of the Division of Regional Security;

• 32 State Coordination at the regional level; and

• 1 Head of Internal Affairs.

The Policía Federal consists of seven branches of service, known as divisions, administered by a central administration called the General Secretariat (Secretaría General)

• Anti-drug Division – División Antidrogas

• Scientific Division – División Científica

• Federal Forces Division – División de Fuerzas Federales

• Intelligence Division – División de Inteligencia

• Investigation Division – División de Investigación

• Regional Security Division – División de Seguridad Regional

• National Gendarmerie Division – División de Gendarmería Nacional

  
  Federal Police Gendarmerie

There is also a separate Internal Affairs Unit (Unidad de Asuntos Internos).

The Special Operations Group (GOPES) is the police elite counter terror hostage rescue unit.

The General Commissioner is the highest ranking in the Federal Police institution over which he exercised the powers of command, direction and discipline. It was freely appointed and removed by the President of Los Estados Unidos de Mexico, at the proposal of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.

AIRCRAFTS:

• 6 Boeing 727-264
• 4 Boeing 727-200F
• 5 C-235-200 CASA
• 4 Dornier Do328-310JET ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance)
• 10 Falcon 20
• 12 Cessna 182

UAV:

• 15 Hydra Technologies S4 Ehécatl
• 15 Elbit Hermes 450

HELICOPTERS:

• 10 Eurocopter EC120 Colibri
• 12 Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
• 6 Helibras HB350 B3 Esquilo
• 8 MD 530G
• 22 Bell 206
• 30 UH-60M/L Black Hawk
• 30 Mi-171-V

VEHICLES:

• Dodge Charger
• Chevrolet Suburban SUV
• Jeep Wrangler
• Dodge SUV Durango
• Ford F-150
• Dodge RAM 1500 CrewCab SLT
• Nissan Titan Crew cab
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 (comunicacion por satellite)
• Carat Alacrán APC B7
• Alpine Armoring Pit Bull VX
• KAMAZ Gorets-M
• Rinoceronte (Armored transport troops)
• LAV-150 Antiriot
• Mercedes Benz UNIMOG U1550L
• Freightliner M2

Boeing 727-264: 6 aircrafts.

Boeing 727-200F: 4 aircrafts.

C-235-200 CASA: 5 aircrafts.

Dornier Do328-310 ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance): 4 aircrafts

Falcon 20: 10 aircrafts.

Cessna 182: 12 aircrafts.

Hydra Technologies S4 Ehécatl: 15 UAV

Elbit Hermes 450: 15 UAV.

Eurocopter EC 120 Colibri: 10 helicopters.

Eurocopter AS 350 Écureuil: 12 helicopters.

Helibras HB350 B3 Esquilo: 6 helicopters.

MD 530G: 8 helicopters.

Bell 206: 22 helicopters.

UH-60M/L Black Hawk: 30 helicopters.

Mi-171-V: 30 helicopters.

Dodge Charger

Chevrolet Suburban SUV

Dodge SUV Durango

Jeep Wrangler

Ford F-150 Pickup

Dodge RAM 1500 CrewCab SLT

Nissan Titan Crew cab

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 (com. by satellite)

Carat Alacrán APC B7

Alpine Armoring Pit Bull VX

KAMAZ Gorets-M

Rinoceronte (Armored transport troops)

LAV-150 Antiriot

Mercedes Benz UNIMOG U1550L

Freightliner M2