page_title: Law enforcement in Mexico City
section_title: Preventive Police
hierarchical_section_title: Law enforcement in Mexico City / Secretariat of Public Security / Preventive Police
caption_attribution_description: Español: A 2015 Dodge Charger of the Mexico City Police driving through Eje Central Avenue, downtown Mexico City.
context_page_description: Law enforcement in Mexico City is provided by two primary agencies; the Secretariat of Public Security of Mexico City, who provides uniformed or preventative police, and the Office of the Attorney General of Mexico City who provides plainclothes detectives and crime lab services.
context_section_description: The 34,000 strong Preventive Police are the uniformed police of Mexico City. They are organized into seven major divisions. as follows:
  Proximity Police (Unidades de Policía de Proximidad) formerly the Citizens Protection (Unidades de Protección Ciudadana) and before that Sector Police (Policía Sectoral) - The 17,000 plus blue uniformed Proximity Police is the largest division and provides community policing services throughout Mexico City. The Proximity Police consists of slightly less than half of the total Preventive Police and they are distributed geographically across six main regions, each with around three precincts for a total of 16 precincts. Each precinct is then subdivided into a number of sectors of which there are 70.
  The remaining five divisions of the Preventive Police, containing over 17,000 officers, are organized as follows: 
  The Metropolitan Police (Policía Metropolitana) which consists of five district-wide units:
  Public Transit Police (Policía de Tránsito): a traffic police force responsible for overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways. It is headed by the Director of Traffic.
  Tourist Police (Policía Turística): The Tourist Police gives information on laws, customs and cultural attractions in the local community as well as tourist attractions. Officers of the Tourist Police wear a distinctive green uniform and speak English as well as some other European languages. They can be called upon for all kinds of situations, such as road traffic accidents, theft, disputes with hotels or shop keepers where a foreign tourist is involved. They will also act as arbitrators in disputes, and are supposed to do so in an unbiased fashion.
  Mounted Police (Agrupamiento A Caballo)  -  provides security and protection in parks, gardens and green areas. Also guard the Eastern Prison, and when sporting, social and artistic monitor forums where they performed. They also assist in the conduct and monitoring of mass events, such as: marches, demonstrations, sit-ins and rallies. Also, there is security guard in the colonias and housing units increased crime rate. Mounted police are also  responsible for directing the operation of horse detachments of the Ministry of Public Security to support dismounted elements and mobile groups, subject to established devices.
  Feminine Police (Policía Femenil): The Feminine Police work in schools, with juveniles, at public events and in public parks and gardens.
  Environmental Police (Policia Ambiental):283 men patrol on foot and by horse the nine delegations from the south and west of the City of Mexico, where the ecological reserve is located.
  Emergency Rescue Squad (Escuadron de Rescate y Urgencias Medicas or ERUM).
  Special Forces (Fuerzas Especiales) consisting of four main groups:
  Condor Group (Agrupamiento Cóndores formerly called the Escuadron Helicopteros). Equipped with seven Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil, one Bell 412, and two Bell 206.
  Special Unit (Buczo Especial): A specialized unit responsible for combined duties involving traffic enforcement, crowd control, and special weapons and tactics (SWAT) services within the city. One unique feature of the unit is that it relies on the use of motorcycles in their daily patrols allowing the unit to perform routine traffic enforcement, accompany parades, crowds, and visiting dignitaries, and to quickly travel to situations wherein the unit's SWAT skills are requested. Specialized trucks and support vehicles are also used to transport equipment and officers when needed.
  Acrobatic Group (Escuadron Acrobatico) - Founded in the twenties, by officers of the Germandería Motorized with Harley Davidson motorcycles of 1200 cm3 and a weight of 420 kg
  Task Force (Agrupamiento Fuerza de Tarea): The Task Force deals with terrorist, bomb threats, Search and rescue lost or trapped persons.
  Alfa Group (Agrupamiento Alfa): A secretive, ad hoc force that works with the Special Unit and fights drug trafficking.
  Grenadiers (Agrupamiento de Granaderos/Cuerpo de Granaderos (Oriente y Poniente)): The 2,000 Grenadiers protect the his
caption: Mexico City Police Dodge Charger.
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