# 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 (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:
| Vehicle | Origin | Type | In service |
| Hyundai Starex | South Korea | Transport | Unknown |
| Toyota Hilux | Japan | Patrol | Unknown |
| Nissan Navara | Japan | Patrol | Unknown |
| Fiat Siena | Italy | Patrol | Unknown |
| Peugeot 301 | France | Patrol | Unknown |
| Chevrolet Sail | United States | Patrol | Unknown |
| Mitsubishi Mirage (LA MY15) | Japan | Patrol | Unknown |
| Mitsubishi L200 | Japan | Patrol | Unknown |
| JAC Refine S2 | China | Patrol | Unknown |

### Motorcycles

Commonly used motorbikes:
| Vehicle | Origin | Type | In service |
| KTM Adventure | Austria | Patrol | Unknown |

### Aircraft units

The unit's current inventory includes the following:
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | In service |
| Robinson R66 | United States | Policing | 4 |
| Cessna 182 | United States | Policing | 1 |

### Weapons

Firearms used by the National Police in its different departments:
| Weapon | Origin | Type | User |
| Glock 17 | Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | Standard issue |
| Glock 19 | Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | Standard issue |
| Heckler & Koch USP | Germany | Semi-automatic pistol | Standard issue |
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | Germany | Submachine gun | Standard issue |
| PP19-02-Vityaz SN | Russia | Submachine gun | Republican Guard |
| IWI Tavor X95 | Israel | Submachine gun | Republican Guard |
| Remington 870 | USA | Shotgun | Standard issue |
| AK101 | Russia | Assault rifle | National Guard |
| AK103 | Russia | Assault rifle | Republican Guard |
| M4 carbine | USA | Assault rifle | Republican Guard |
| Heckler & Koch PSG1 | Germany | Sniper rifle | Standard 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.