| Director-General of the Police | |
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| Director General de la Policía | |
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| Ministry of the Interior Secretariat of State for Security Directorate-General of the Police | |
| Style | The Most Excellent (formal) Mr. Director General (informal) |
| Abbreviation | DGP |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Security |
| Nominator | Interior Minister |
| Appointer | Monarch |
| Formation | January 8, 1824 (as General Superintendence of Police) May 10, 1979 (current structure) |
| First holder | José Sainz González |
| Deputy | Deputy Director of Operations |
| Website | National Police Corps website |
The Director-General of the Police (DGP) of Spain is a high-ranking official in the Ministry of the Interior. The Director-General is nominated by the Minister of Home Affairs after consulting to the Council of Ministers and he or she is appointed by the Monarch. The director general reports directly to the Secretary of State for Security and has rank of Under Secretary.
The director general heads the Directorate-General, commands the National Police Corps and is in charge of the ordination, direction, coordination and execution of the missions entrusted to the police fulfilling with the orders received from the Ministry of the Interior. In addition, he or she directs and coordinates the services and the central and peripheral organs of the National Police.[1] The DGP is also in charge of giving its personnel the human and material resources to fulfill with their obligations, to establish collaboration relationships with other public and private bodies, to oversight the behavior of the personnel, to promote or degrade the police officers and promoting activities to improve the training of the officers.[1]
In the international sphere, the director general is the official responsible to offer the collaboration and help of the National Police Corps to other foreign law enforcements agencies, to collect, analyse and distribute information between national and international bodies necessary to guarantee the security of the country or allied countries and he or she is also in charge of the matters relating foreigners, passports, IDs, drugs, gambling...[1]
- ^ a b c "Royal Decree 952/2018, of July 27, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-16.