Tamaulipas State Police
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| Tamaulipas State Police Policía Estatal de Tamaulipas Fuerza Tamaulipas | |
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 Logo and Vehicle Door decal of the Tamaulipas State Police "Fuerza Tamaulipas" | |
| Common name | Tamaulipas Force |
| Abbreviation | PET |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | ~5,000 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | MEX |
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| Location of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico | |
| Size | 80,249km2 |
| Population | 3,527,735[1] (2020) |
| Legal jurisdiction | Tamaulipas |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas |
| Website | |
| Official Site(In spanish) | |
The Tamaulipas State Police (Spanish: Policía estatal de Tamaulipas), also known as the Tamaulipas Force (Spanish: Fuerza Tamaulipas), is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).
Police academy
[edit]The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.[2]
Prisons
[edit]The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").[3] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.[4]
The prisons include:
- CERESO Altamira[5]
- CERESO Mante[6]
- CERESO Matamoros II[5] - 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Matamoros[3]
- CERESO Miguel Alemán[6]
- CERESO Nuevo Laredo II[5]
- CERESO Reynosa[5]
- CERESO Tula[6]
- CERESO Victoria[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "México en cifras". January 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Academia Estatal de Policía Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Secretariat of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Negrete Lares, Angeles. "Prison director replaced following Matamoros jailbreak." The Brownsville Herald. January 1, 2003. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ Althaus, Dudley. "85 escape prison in border city." Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2010. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "sria_seg_pub.pdf[permanent dead link]." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Población en los Centros de Ejecución de Sanciones del Estado Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
External links
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- Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (in Spanish)
- CNN Wire Staff. "Officials: At least 141 inmates escape from Mexican prison." CNN. December 18, 2010.
- Former Tamaulipas State Police website - Archived version
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