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Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police

Field	Value
agencyname	Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police
nativename	Policía Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
patch	Policía Metropolitana de Buenos Aires.svg
motto	Una policía integrada a la comunidad
mottotranslated	A police corp integrated to the community
formedyear	2008
dissolved
preceding1	(None)
employees	4,000
subdivtype	City
subdivname	Buenos Aires
police	Yes
local	Yes
minister1name	Guillermo Montenegro
minister1pfo	Minister of Security
chief1name	Horacio Giménez
chief1position	Chief of Police
officetype	Division
officename	Security, Investigation, Scientific, Technical
stations	4

The Metropolitan Police was the police force under the authority of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires until it merged with the city's division of the Argentine Federal Police by creating the Buenos Aires City Police in 2017. The force was created in 2010 and is composed of 1,850 officers, and is planned to expand to 16,000. Security in the city was concurrently the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police and the Argentine Federal Police.

The city government claims the force was based on the model of the British London Metropolitan Police and the New York Police Department. The force was intended to use high technology support and adopted a policy of zero tolerance.

Structure and organization of the Metropolitan Police

The police was headed by a chief and a deputy chief. Both were appointed by the head of the executive branch of the city. There were four major departments, each headed by a director general:

Public Security
Investigations and Research
Scientific and Technical
Administration

Geographically, the force was divided into 15 precincts.

Of the 1,850 officers, 900 were used for patrolling the streets.

Ranks

The Metropolitan Police used nine ranks, the highest being "Superintendent".

Officer
Senior Officer
Sub-Inspector
Inspector
Sub-Commissioner
Commissioner
Senior Commissioner
Commissioner-General
Superintendent

Controversy

A lot of controversies surrounded Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police BAMP officers, primarily due to the department's "zero-tolerance" policy: many officers used to be violent against protesters and used excessive force. However, the department has managed to boost its reputation. However, the public opinion was more positive about the Metropolitan Police than Argentine Federal Police, and citizens tended to choose the Metropolitan Police over the Federal Police, due to high levels of corruption in the latter.

Notes

References

[http://www.metropolitana.gov.ar/sites/default/files/donde_estamos_grande.jpg Map of Police stations in the city of Buenos Aires] {{webarchive. link. (July 27, 2013 , retrieved 18 November 2013)
"Web Page Under Construction".
"Buenos Aires Ciudad - Policía de la Ciudad".

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