Tamaulipas State Police

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Law enforcement agency

Local civilian police

Operational structureHeadquartersCiudad Victoria, TamaulipasWebsiteOfficial site(In spanish)

The Tamaulipas State Police (Spanish: Policía estatal de Tamaulipas), also known as the Tamaulipas Force (Spanish: Fuerza Tamaulipas), is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).

Police academy

The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.^[1]

Prisons

The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").^[2] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.^[3]

The prisons include:

CERESO Altamira^[4]
CERESO Mante^[5]
CERESO Matamoros II^[4] - 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Matamoros^[2]
CERESO Miguel Alemán^[5]
CERESO Nuevo Laredo II^[4]
CERESO Reynosa^[4]
CERESO Tula^[5]
CERESO Victoria^[4]

References

^ "Academia Estatal de Policía Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Secretariat of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Negrete Lares, Angeles. "Prison director replaced following Matamoros jailbreak." The Brownsville Herald. January 1, 2003. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
^ Althaus, Dudley. "85 escape prison in border city." Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2010. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "sria_seg_pub.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Población en los Centros de Ejecución de Sanciones del Estado Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.

External links

Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (in Spanish)
CNN Wire Staff. "Officials: At least 141 inmates escape from Mexican prison." CNN. December 18, 2010.