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**Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires**

Creation:	1821
Chief:	Juan Carlos Paggi
Sub-Chief:	?
Location:	La Plata La Plata La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
Phone:	54 0-800-222-2422

The Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Spanish

Spanish language

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: Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, informally Policía Bonaerense) is the police service responsible for policing the Province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina.

It is one of the biggest police services of Argentina, responsible for policing a province of over 15 million inhabitants, about 38% of Argentina's entire population. It is not, however, responsible for policing the Federal Capital district of Buenos Aires city

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, which is under the jurisdiction of the Argentine Federal Police and soon also under the Jurisdiction of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police.

The institution is usually referred to as Policía Bonaerense, where bonaerense is the demonym

Demonym

A demonym , also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality. A demonym is usually – though not always – derived from the name of the locality; thus, the demonym for the people of England is English, and the demonym for the people of Italy is Italian, yet, in english, the one...

for the Province of Buenos Aires, in contrast with porteño
Porteño
Porteño in Spanish is used to refer to a person who is from or lives in a port city, but it can also be used as an adjective for anything related to those port cities....

, used for the inhabitants of the Buenos Aires city.

This police force is subordinate to the Provincial Ministry of Security headed by Minister Carlos Stornelli. The Chief of the force, Comisario General Juan Carlos Paggi, has the title of Superintendente General de Policia, which translates as Superintendent General of Police.

Seven members of the service were murdered in the first six months of 2009.

Police Ranks

Until January 2005, the Buenos Aires Police used the same rank system as employed by the Federal Police and other Argentinean provincial police forces. This system consisted of seventeen ranks, of which nine were for (commissioned) officers and eight were for sub-officers (including the basic rank of agent). A new and simplified rank system was established through the passing of a new law for police personnel. This system officially abolished the distinction between (commissioned) officers and sub-officer

Sub-Officer

Sub-Officer is a term used in many military forces used to indicate ranks below commissioned officers. Sub-Officer is equivalent to the term NCO in the Commonwealth and USA...

s and instituted a rank system consisting of the following nine ranks, listed in descending order:

Rank	English translation
Superintendente	Superintendent Superintendent (police) Superintendent , often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries the full version is superintendent of police...
Comisionado	Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission ....
Inspector	Inspector Inspector Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...
Capitán	Captain Police captain - France :France uses the rank of capitaine for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant and junior to commandant....
Teniente Primero	First Lieutenant First Lieutenant First lieutenant is a military rank and, in some forces, an appointment.The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations , but the majority of cases it is common for it to be sub-divided into a senior and junior rank...
Teniente	Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Subteniente	Sublieutenant
Sargento	Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Oficial de Policía	Police Officer Police officer A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...

Current rank system

As of 2009, a new law once again modified the police ranks and established some variations (Ley 13.982/09) , the current law establishes different employees rankings ("Escalafones" as they are called in Spanish):

Officers of the General ranking;
Officers of the Commando ranking;
Professional Officers;
Administrative Officers;
Technical Officers;
General Services personnel;
911 personnel;
Civilian personnel.

The current levels for the Commando sub-ranking are (ten levels) in descending order:

1) Conducting Officers:

Comisario General

Comisario Mayor

2) Supervision Officers:

Comisario Inspector

3) Chief Officers:

Comisario

Subcomisario

4) Subordinate Officers:

Oficial Principal

Oficial Inspector

Oficial Subinspector

Oficial Ayudante

Oficial Subayudante

On the other hand the General sub-ranking defines seven levels (the general sub-ranking is subordinate to the commando sub-ranking, so even the highest ranking of it is a subordinate to the lowest ranking of commando officers):

1) Superior Officers:

Mayor (Major)

Capitán (Captain)

Teniente 1ro. (First Lieutenant)

2) Subordinate Officers:

Teniente (Lieutenant)

Subteniente (Sublieutenant)

Sargento (Sergeant)

Oficial (Officer)

3) Police Academy cadet.

Both the Commando and General rankings represent the sworn officers (armed personnel), the other rankings constitute the support staff. For the Professional, Technical and Administrative sub-rankings, the levels of the Commando sub-ranking is employed, yet there is a subordinate relationship between the subrankings making the Commando the highest one of all.

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Police Ranks

Current rank system

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