National Police of Uruguay

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 (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de la EducaciÃÂ³n Policial)ÃÂ
National Aviation Directorate of the National Police (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de AviaciÃÂ³n de la PolicÃÂa Nacional)
National Directorate of Gender Policies (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de PolÃÂticas de GÃÂ©nero)
National Directorate of Police Health (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de Sanidad Policial)
National Directorate of Police Assistance and Social Security (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de Asistencia y Seguridad Social Policial)
National Fire Department (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de Bomberos)
National Rehabilitation Institute (Instituto Nacional de RehabilitaciÃÂ³n)
National Directorate of Support for the Released (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de Apoyo al Liberado)
National Directorate of Civil Identification (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de IdentificaciÃÂ³n Civil)
National Directorate of Migration (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de MigraciÃÂ³n)
National Highway Police Directorate (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de PolicÃÂa de Caminera)
National Scientific Police Directorate (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de PolicÃÂa CientÃÂfica)
Directorate of Investigations of the National Police (DirecciÃÂ³n de Investigaciones de la PolicÃÂa Nacional)
General Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime and INTERPOL (DirecciÃÂ³n General de Lucha contra el Crimen Organizado e INTERPOL)
General Directorate for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (DirecciÃÂ³n General de RepresiÃÂ³n al TrÃÂ¡fico IlÃÂcito de Drogas)
National Directorate of Information and Intelligence (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional de InformaciÃÂ³n e Inteligencia)
National Directorate Republican Guard (DirecciÃÂ³n Nacional Guardia Republicana)

Equipment

Ground vehicles

Commonly used vehicles:

Motorcycles

Commonly used motorbikes:

Aircraft units

The unit's current inventory includes the following:

Weapons

Firearms used by the National Police in its different departments:

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.