Tamaulipas State Police
Tamaulipas State Police Policía Estatal de Tamaulipas | |
Logo and Vehicle Door decal of the Tamaulipas State Police | |
Agency overview | |
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Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Location of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico | |
Size | 80,249km2 |
Population | 3,374,200 (2012) |
Legal jurisdiction | Tamaulipas |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas |
Website | |
Official site(In spanish) | |
The Tamaulipas State Police (In spanish:Policía estatal de 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 (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).
Police academy
The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.[1]
Prisons
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").[2] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.[3]
The prisons include:
- CERESO Altamira[4]
- CERESO Mante[5]
- CERESO Matamoros II[4] - 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Matamoros[2]
- CERESO Miguel Alemán[5]
- CERESO Nuevo Laredo II[4]
- CERESO Reynosa[4]
- CERESO Tula[5]
- CERESO Victoria[4]
References
- ↑ "Academia Estatal de Policía." Tamaulipas Secretariat of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "sria_seg_pub.pdf." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Población en los Centros de Ejecución de Sanciones del Estado." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
External links
- Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (Spanish)
- CNN Wire Staff. "Officials: At least 141 inmates escape from Mexican prison." CNN. December 18, 2010.