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Current structure of Police organization:
The Colombian Police underwent a restructuring process (see new
organizational chart
here according to
Decree No. Estructura Orgánica - Decreto 216 de 2010.
So the new structure is (each Directorate has its own flag):
OPERATIONAL:
- Dirección Operativa (DIROP, Operational Directorate)
- Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana (DISEC, Citizen Security Directorate)
- Dirección de Carabineros y Seguridad Rural (DICAR, Carabinier and Rural
Security Directorate)
- Dirección de Investigación Criminal e INTERPOL (DICI, Criminal Investigation
and Interpol Directorate, the first takas was previously carried out by the
Dirección Central de Dirección Judicial, DIJIN, Central Directorate of
Criminal Police, and the second task was previously carried out by the
DAS)
- Dirección de Inteligencia Policial (previously the Dirección Central de
Inteligencia, DIPOL, Intelligence Central Directorate)
- Dirección Antinarcóticos (DIRAN, Antinarcotics Directorate)
- Dirección de Protección y Servicios Especializados (DIPRO, Protection and
Specialized Services, previously the Dirección Servicios Especializados, DIRSE,
Specializaed Services Directorate)
- Dirección Antisecuestro y Extorisón
(DIASE, Antikidnapping and Extorsion Directorate)
- Dirección de Tránsito y Transportes (Transit and Transportation Directorate)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
- Dirección Nacional de Escuelas
(Schooling National Directorate)
- Dirección de Incorporación (DINCO, Recruitment Directorate)
- Dirección de Talento Humano (DITAH, previously the Dirección Recursos Humanso,
Human Resources Directorate)
- Dirección Administrativa y Financiera (DIRAF, Administrative and Financial
Directorate)
- Dirección de Sanidad Policial (DISAN, Health Directorate)
- Dirección Bienestar Social (DIBIE, Social Welfare
Directorate)
Grupos Especiales (Special Groups):
"COPES" Comandos de Operaciones Especiales - Special Operations Commandos (under
the jurisdiction of the DISEC)
"EMCAR" Escuadrones móviles de carabineros - Mobile Carabinier Squadrons (under
the jurisdiction of the DICAR)
"JUNGLA" Compañía Jungla Antinarcóticos - Anti-narcotics Jungle Company
"GAULA" Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal - Unified Action
Group for Personnel Rescue (see also:
GAULA)
"ESMAD" Escuadrones móviles antidisturbios - Mobile Riot Squadrons
"POLCA" Policía de carreteras - Highway Police
"POLFA" Policia Fiscal y Aduanera - Fiscal and Customs Police
"SAPOL" Servicio Aéreo de Policia - Police Air Service
See also: Bloque de Búsqueda - Search Bloc
Regional Organization Police Regions
1.Región de Policía No. 1 - Police Region No. 1 based in Bogota
2.Región de Policía No. 2 - Police Region No. 2 based in Neiva
3.Región de Policía No. 3 - Police Region No. 3 based in Pereira
4.Región de Policía No. 4 - Police Region No. 4 based in Cali
5.Región de Policía No. 5 - Police Region No. 5 based in Cúcuta
6.Región de Policía No. 6 - Police Region No. 6 based in Medellín
7.Región de Policía No. 7 - Police Region No. 7 based in Villavicencio
8.Región de Policía No. 8 - Police Region No. 8 based in Barranquilla
Policía Metropolitana (Metropolitan Police):
There are Metropolitan Police
Commands in the eight main cities of the country: Bogota, Medellin, Cali,
Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cucuta, Pereira and Bucaramanga. Each Metropolitan
Police Command has its own flag.
Departamento de Policía (Police Department): There are Police Departments in
each of the 32 Departments of the
country and an additional one for a specific subregion of the Department of
Antioquia called Urabá. Each Police Department has its own
flag.
Both are subdivided as follows:
1.Comando Operativo de Seguridad Ciudadana (Operational Command of Public
Safety)
2.Distrito de Policía (Police District)
3.Estación de Policía (Police Station)
4.Subestación de Policía (Police Substation)
5.Comandos de Atención Inmediata, CAI (Immediate Aattention Commands)
6.Puesto de Policía (Police Posts)
Sources:
http://www.policia.gov.co/portal/page/portal/INSTITUCION/Organizacion/Organigrama/Estructura
http://www.policia.gov.co/portal/page/portal/INSTITUCION/Mando_Institucional/Directores
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_National_Police#Organization
Esteban Rivera, 09 March 2013
Former structure of Police organization:
The Colombian National Police [is currently] organized as
follows: Dirección General (General Directorate), and 11
Direcciones (Directorates), split into two categories:
OPERATIONAL:
- Dirección Operativa (DIROP, Operational Directorate)
- Dirección Central de Dirección Judicial
(DIJIN, Central Directorate of Criminal Police)
- Dirección Central de Inteligencia (DIPOL, Intelligence Central
Directorate)
- Dirección Antinarcóticos (DIRAN, Antinarcotics Directorate)
- Dirección Servicios Especializados (DIRSE, Specializaed
Services Directorate)
- Dirección Antisecuestro y Extorisón (DIASE, Antikidnapping
and Extorsion Directorate)
ADMINISTRATIVE:
- Dirección Escuela Nacional de Policía
"General Santander" (EGSAN)
- Dirección Nacional de Escuelas (Schooling National
Directorate)
- Dirección Recursos Humanso (Human Resources Directorate)
- Dirección Administrativa y Financiera (DIRAF, Administrative
and Financial Directorate)
- Dirección Sanidad (DISAN, Health Directorate)
- Dirección Bienestar Social (DIBIE, Social
Welfare Directorate)
Source: www.policia.gov.co.
E.R., 27 July 2006
There have been recent chagnes in the Colombian Police lately.
The current Minister of Defense (Juan Manuel Santos) has
announced the creation of a New Directorate. It will be called
Dirección Nacional de Carabineros (Carabineros National
Directorate) and it will be included in the OPERATIONAL category
of Directorates. This change means that an update will be made to
the Corps that take much of the armed action on the Police which
are the Carabineros.
E.R., 18 November 2006
The flag is horizontaly divided flag according profesor Restrepo
Uribe and by several other sources.
Jaume Olle, 3 June 2000
The discussion agrees much with the flags reported in Lupant's
book [lup93] page 57.
Željko Heimer, 24 May 2001
Then flag is horizontally divided one with the Coat
of Arms which reads:
- Republica de Colombia
- Policia Nacional
- Dios y Patria (= God and Country).
Jorge Eduardo Alonso, 25 Febuary 2002
The flag is plain; however most of the times it has the Police
Coat of Arms in order not to confuse it with other Colombian
flags that have the same color pattern (like the flag of the
Department of Antioquia, Department of Vaupes or even the City of Medellin.
E.R., 27 July 2006
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detail
image by Zachary Harden, 28 April 2001
According to www.esbol.edu.co,
the flag is plain white over green. Coat of Arms at the same
page.
Dov Gutterman, 18 November 2000
See also: PolicÃa "Simón BolÃvar", Escuela de (ESBOL)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 8 August 2023
image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 July 2006
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 July 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 22 August 2005
In a visit to an Air Show held in Colombia in mid-June 2004, I
came across this particular
aircraft. It seems to be a T-41, operated by the Policía
Nacional Colombiana (Colombian National Police). Its s/n is also
very particular (PNC 0260-I, the "I" standing for
"Instrcucción", or Instruction in English, meaning it
was for training).
E.R., 22 August 2005
The roundel is a dark green ring containing a large dark-green
star over a stylized bird in the colors of the Colombian flag.
Eugene Ipavec, 22 August 2005
I saw this Pennant on
the online edition of the REVISTA
PODER magazine, published on August 9, 2008. I believe it is
the Colombian National Police Director General's Pennat. I
believe the Pennant reads DIRPONAL (Director Policía Nacional),
but I am not sure.
E.R., 29 August 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 August 2009
This is a Police Rank Pennant feature in the this
picture. This rank Pennant is the rank of Mayor (Major) based
on the rank chart of the Police website here.
Thus we can deduce that all other rank pennants in the Police are
based on the same pattern, the only thing changing is the image
of the actual rank, the color scheme is the same.
E.R., 10 August 2009
image by Eugene Ipavec, 29 September 2009
This is Police Captain rank pennant based on a picture here.
This picture shows the rank pennant of the Director of the SEJIM
school. On the left side of the picture one can see the obverse a
white rectangular pennant, same size as Army rank pennants with a
white thick outline, then green background with the three golden
bars in the middle which represent the rank of Captain as shown
in their official
website.
E.R., 29 September 2009
image by Eugene Ipavec, 28 July 2006
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coat of arms
Flag and Coat of Arms at: www.policia.gov.co.
E.R., 28 July 2006
Motto is "Thinks About You".
Jorge Candeias, 28 July 2006
This is the translation of the organization of the Police in Colombia
(translated from the official website, original version in Spanish at www.policia.gov.co):
The Colombian National Police is organized on the national level
based on the geographical division of the country (that is
Departments and main Metropolitan Areas when referring to the
main cities). It is comprised of a "Comando de Departamento
de Policía" (or Police Department Command, which is the
Police organization established in each of the 32 Departments of
Colombia). Plus, the Police has three Metropolitan Commands for
the three main cities: Bogota, Medellin and Cali.
In administrative terms, these Commands depend solely on the Dirección
Operativa (Operations Directorate)
All Police Department Command of the 32 Departments of Colombia
have same flags besides the name of the department. The first
official flag is the Colombian tricolour, charged with the
Colombian coat of arms over a white star, and a maroon circle
around reading on top POLICIA NACIONAL, and on the bottom DEPTO.
(abbreviation for DEPARTAMENTO) * POL (abbreviation for POLICIA)
and the name of the Department.
The second official flag is the Colombian National Police flag,
charged with the Colombian coat of arms over a white star, and a
maroon circle around reading on top POLICIA NACIONAL, and on the
bottom DEPTO. (abbreviation for DEPARTAMENTO) * POL (abbreviation
for POLICIA) and the name of the Department.
Regarding the flags of the three Main cities Metropolitan
Commands, I have not seen them, but I do know they exist.
Below are examples of the two official flags from two
departments.
E.R., 27 July 2006
Note that the inscription in and border of the maroon ring are
gold on the Colombian tricolor flag and and silver on the
white/green bicolor.
Eugene Ipavec, 28 July 2006
I saw a Police patrol that belongs to the Policía
Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
(Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Police) which is one of the three
Comandos de Policía Metropolitana (Metropolitan Police
Commands). The flag of the Comando de Policía Metropolitana del
Valle de Aburrá has the same scheme as the Comando Departamental
with the only difference being on the Coat of Arms, the lower
part of the red circle having the words METROPOLITANA VALLE DE
ABURRA.
E.R., 31 July 2006
Comando Departamento de Policía de Amazonas
image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2006
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2006
coat of arms
Comando Departamento de Policía de Córdoba
image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2006
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2006
coat of arms
Policía Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 July 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 July 2006
PolicÃa CÃvica (English: Civic Police) is an unarmed, voluntary civilian
corps, established by Decree No. 335 of February 11, 1994. It currently depends
on the Dirección Operativa (DIROP, Operational Directorate). It is the
equivalent to the (Military) Profesionales Oficiales de la Reserva (English:
Professional Reserve Officers) in each of its Forces. It is divided into the
following:
- PolicÃa CÃvica de Mayores (English: Elder Civic Police)
-
PolicÃa CÃvica Juvenil (English: Youth Civic Police)
Sources:
https://www.policia.gov.co/programas-sociales/civica-mayores,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZd-uY5fEg and
http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=8275
Its flag is
the coat of arms in the middle of a horizontal flag, which in turn is
horizontally divided into as seen here:
https://www.policia.gov.co/sites/default/files/civica_foto.jpg (source:
https://www.policia.gov.co/programas-sociales/civica-mayores). It follows
the same pattern as the "General Santander
Police Cadet School (variant)", adding a black line in the middle dividing
the green (top) and yellow (bottom).
For additional information go to
PolicÃa CÃvica (official website):
https://www.policia.gov.co/programas-sociales/civica-mayores
Esteban
Rivera, 21 May 2018
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 July 2006
flag
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 July 2006
coat of arms
image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 July 2006
proposed coat of arms
The flag of the ACORPOL (Asociación Colombiana de Oficiales
en Retiro de la Policía, or Colombian Asociation of Retired
Police Officers). The information is based on a magazine,
published in March, 2006, by this asociacion, in which it
portrays the flag, the Coat of Arms and a proposal for a new Coat
of Arms.
The flag has the same bicolor color scheme as the General Santander Police Cadet School plus the
Coat of Arms on the middle. The green color stands for hope and
the yellow color stands for richness.
This was a proposal sent in August 1985 and published my the
Association's magazine, made by Lt. Col. (r) Alberto Bernal
García (deceased), of the ACORPOL office in the Departmento of
Valle, making a call to upgrade not only the Coat of Arms but
also the anthem and the flag. The proposal was published in the
magazine Carta Policial, Edition No. 49,
August-September issue of 1985.
E.R., 23 and 26 July 2006
