The National Police of Uruguay is a national and institutional police force of the Republic of Uruguay, founded on December 18, 1829. It depends on the Executive Power through the Ministry of the Interior. Its assigned responsibility is to ensure compliance of laws in its population and to prevent crimes.
Creation On December 18, 1829, the Constitutional and Legislative Assembly of the Eastern State created the office of Political Chief in each of the nine departments. Standing as Political and Police Chief in the whole national territory, Colonel Don Ignacio Oribe.
Structure The Director of the National Police is the fourth in command in the Ministry of the Interior. The following police units depend on the National Police Directorate:
National Directorate of Police Education (Dirección Nacional de la Educación Policial) National Aviation Directorate of the National Police (Dirección Nacional de Aviación de la Policía Nacional) National Directorate of Gender Policies (Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Género) National Directorate of Police Health (Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Policial) National Directorate of Police Assistance and Social Security (Dirección Nacional de Asistencia y Seguridad Social Policial) National Fire Department (Dirección Nacional de Bomberos) National Rehabilitation Institute (Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación) National Directorate of Support for the Released (Dirección Nacional de Apoyo al Liberado) National Directorate of Civil Identification (Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil) National Directorate of Migration (Dirección Nacional de Migración) National Highway Police Directorate (Dirección Nacional de Policía de Caminera) National Scientific Police Directorate (Dirección Nacional de Policía Científica) Directorate of Investigations of the National Police (Dirección de Investigaciones de la Policía Nacional) General Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime and INTERPOL (Dirección General de Lucha contra el Crimen Organizado e INTERPOL) General Directorate for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (Dirección General de Represión al Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas) National Directorate of Information and Intelligence (Dirección Nacional de Información e Inteligencia) National Directorate Republican Guard (Dirección Nacional Guardia Republicana)
Equipment
Ground vehicles
Commonly used vehicles:
VehicleOriginTypeIn service Hyundai Starex Transport Unknown Toyota Hilux Patrol Nissan Navara Fiat Siena Peugeot 301 Chevrolet Sail Mitsubishi Mirage (LA MY15) Mitsubishi L200 JAC Refine S2
Motorcycles Commonly used motorbikes: VehicleOriginTypeIn service KTM Adventure Patrol Unknown
Aircraft units
The unit's current inventory includes the following:
AircraftOriginTypeIn service Robinson R66 Policing 4 Cessna 182 1
Weapons
Firearms used by the National Police in its different departments: +WeaponOriginTypeUserGlock 17Semi-automatic pistolStandard issueGlock 19Heckler & Koch USPHeckler & Koch MP5Submachine gunPP19-02-Vityaz SNRepublican GuardIWI Tavor X95Remington 870ShotgunStandard issueAK101Assault rifleNational GuardAK103Republican GuardM4 carbineHeckler & Koch PSG1Sniper rifleStandard issue
Uniform The daily work uniform consists of dark blue cloth combat pants with a dark blue shirt or a long-sleeved button-down shirt, black boots, a plain baseball cap with the national police logo and the bulletproof vest on top. Officers may also wear a reflective vest or winter jacket that says "police" on the back.
Other equipment
Some officers also have body cameras.
References
External links Ministerio del Interior de la República Oriental del Uruguay Jefatura de Policía de Montevideo Jefatura de Policía de Colonia Dirección Nacional de Bomberos Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Policial