page_title: Argentine Federal Police
section_title: General Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Argentine Federal Police / General Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Buenos Aires.
context_page_description: The Argentine Federal Police is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local law enforcement agency in the capital, Buenos Aires.
context_section_description: The PFA is subordinate to the Ministry of Security. The organization is headed by the Chief of the PFA, the Comisario General Nestor Ramon Roncaglia, assisted by the Deputy Chief of the PFA, Comisario General Ester Mabel Franco.
  The PFA's headquarters, known as the Departamento Central de Policía, is located at 1650 Moreno Street, in the Montserrat section of Buenos Aires. The over 12,000 m² (128,000 ft²) resulted from an 1868 proposal for its construction, which was ultimately approved in 1884. Designed by Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, and engineered by Francesco Tamburini, the ornate headquarters is an eclectic structure with influences from Baroque architecture, and features a number of patios, notably the central, Palm Tree Patio. Argentine Passports were issued to local residents at this location until 1996.
  The organization of the PFA is as follows:
  Jefatura (General Headquarters)
  Subjefatura (Subheadquarters)
  Superintendencias (Superintendencies)
  Superintendencia de Administración (Superintendency of Administration)
  Superintendencia de Bienestar (Superintendency of Welfare)
  Superintendencia Federal de Bomberos (Federal Firefighting Superintendency)
  Superintendencia de Investigaciones Federales (Superintendency of Federal Investigation)
  Superintendencia de Planificación y Desarrollo (Superintendency of Planning and Development)
  Superintendencia de Personal, Instrucción y Derechos Humanos (Superintendency of Personnel, Instruction and Human Rights)
  Superintendencia de Policía Científica (Superintendency of Scientific Police)
  Superintendencia Federal de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (Federal Superintendency of Information Technologies and Communications)
  Superintendencia de Interior y Delitos Federales Complejos (Superintendency of Interior and Federal Complex Crimes)
  Superintendencia de Drogas Peligrosas (Superintendency of Dangerous Drugs)
  Superintendencia de Asuntos Internos (Superintendency of Internal Affairs)
  Superintendencia Federal de Transporte (Federal Superintendency of Transportation)
  Direcciones Generales Autónomas (General Autonomic Directorates)
  Dirección General Autónoma de Asuntos Jurídicos (General Autonomic Directorate of Legal Affairs)
  Dirección General Autónoma de Asuntos Internos (General Autonomic Directorate of Internal Affairs)
  Superintendencies are commanded by a superintendente, a less common word in Spanish. Both superintendente and the much more common Spanish word comisario normally translate into English as superintendent, which creates some translation problems when discussing Argentine police services.
  Training for all serving agents of the service is done by the following institutions:
  Federal Police Agents and Suboficials School "Don Enrique O'Gorman"
  Federal Police Academy "Comisario General Juan Angel Pirker"
  Federal Police Staff College "Comisario General Enrique Fentanes"
  Aside from its former stations in Buenos Aires, it maintains provincial stations in select capital cities and several towns of the Provinces of Argentina. The FFS also doubles as the state fire service as well.
caption: PFA officers during the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay in Buenos Aires
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