Argentine Federal Police

Argentine Federal Police
Policía Federal Argentina
AbbreviationPFA
MottoAl Servicio de la Seguridad de Estado
To serve the community
Agency overview
FormedDecember 24, 1943; 80 years ago (December 24, 1943)
Preceding agencies
  • Policía de Buenos Aires (1580–1880)
  • Policía de la Capital (1880–1943)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
Argentina
Operations jurisdictionArgentina
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersDepartamento Central de Policía, 1650 Moreno Street, Montserrat, Buenos Aires
Sworn members65,000
Agency executives
  • Juan Carlos Hernández, Chief, Comisario General
  • Osvaldo Mato, Deputy Chief, Comisario General
Website
argentina.gob.ar/policiafederal
The Policía Federal Argentina, while a federal agency, also provides direct policing to the capital city Buenos Aires

34°36′47″S 58°23′17″W / 34.61306°S 58.38806°W / -34.61306; -58.38806

Riot control vehicle of the Policía Federal, Buenos Aires, 2008

The Argentine Federal Police (Spanish: Policía Federal Argentina or PFA) is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local law enforcement agency in the capital, Buenos Aires.