| Dirección General de la Policía | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | May 10, 1979 |
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| Type | Directorate-General |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
| Headquarters | 5 Miguel Ángel Street Madrid |
| Annual budget | € 3.96 billion, 2023 |
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| Parent department | Secretariat of State for Security |
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| Website | www.policia.es |
The Directorate-General of the Police (DGP) is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for exercising the direct command of the National Police Corps, the main civil law enforcement agency of Spain. The DGP, integrated in the Secretariat of State for Security, is in charge of organize, direct, coordinate and execute the missions entrusted to the National Police by the provisions in force, in accordance with the guidelines and orders issued by the Minister of the Interior.
The DGP was created in 1979 to replace the Directorate-General for Security in the command of the two civil police forces that existed at that time, the Corps of National Police and the Superior Police Corps. In 1986 both Corps were unified in the National Police Corps. Also, between 2006 and 2011 this directorate was unified with the one of the Civil Guard.
The Directorate-General of the Police is headed by the Director-General, an official appointed by the Monarch at the request of the Interior Minister. To assist the Director-General there is a Deputy Director of Operations (DAO), a National Police Commissioner. The current director-general of the Police is the former SEDEF Francisco Pardo and the DAO is Chief Commissioner José Ángel González Jiménez.