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National Police of Panama Policía Nacional de Panamá
National Police of Panama emblem
Agency overview
Formed
April 14, 1935 February 14, 1990
Annual budget
B/.393,914,912 (2020)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
Panama
Operations jurisdiction
Panama
Constituting instrument
National Police Act, 1997[2]
General nature
Civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by
Ministry of Public Security
Sworn members
approx. 20,547 officers (2019)[3]
Unsworn members
approx. 1,100 personnel (2012)[4]
Elected officer responsible
Juan Manuel Pino Forero, Minister of Public Security[5]
Agency executives
Jorge Miranda Molina, Director General[5]
Alexis Muñoz, Deputy Director General[5]
Parent agency
Panamanian Public Forces
Website
www.policia.gob.pa
The National Police of Panama (Spanish: Policía Nacional de Panamá) is the national police of Panama, under the Panamanian Public Forces. Established by the National Police Act No. 18 of June 3, 1997,[contradictory] it is responsible for maintaining public order nationwide. The National Police, together with the National Aeronaval Service, National Border Service, Institutional Protection Service, and National Migration Service, make up the Public Forces. Since 2010, the National Police has reported to the President through the Minister of Public Security.
The National Police's emergency telephone number is 104 and is free of charge nationwide.
^http://www.policia.gob.pa/Art_10_2.html
^Le Organica de la Policia Nacional (PDF) (18) (in Spanish). República de Panamá Órgano Ejecutivo. 1997.
^"Memory2019" (PDF). policia.gob.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^Donadio 2013, p. 145.
^ abc"Institucion". policia.gob.pa. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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