Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Law enforcement=== [[File:Personal de la Policia Metropolitana 02.jpg|thumb|left|[[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City]]]] The ''Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires'' (Buenos Aires Urban Guard) was a specialized civilian force of the city of Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]], that used to deal with different urban conflicts with the objective of developing actions of prevention, dissuasion and mediation, promoting effective behaviors that guarantee the security and the integrity of public order and social coexistence. The unit continuously assisted the personnel of the [[Policía Federal Argentina|Argentine Federal Police]], especially in emergency situations, events of massive concurrence, and protection of [[tourist attraction|tourist establishments]]. Urban Guard officials did not carry any weapons in the performing of their duties. Their basic tools were a HT radio transmitter and a whistle. {{as of|2008|March}}, the Guardia Urbana was removed. The [[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police]] was the police force under the authority of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The force was created in 2010 and was composed of 1,850 officers. In 2016, the [[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police]] and part of the [[Argentine Federal Police]] were merged to create the new [[Buenos Aires City Police]] force. The Buenos Aires City Police force began operations on 1 January 2017. Security in the city is now the responsibility of the [[Buenos Aires City Police]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201701/175301-policia-de-la-ciudad-nuevos-uniformes-entro-en-vigencia.html|title=Entró en funciones la nueva Policía de la Ciudad|website=Telam.com.ar|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118053305/http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201701/175301-policia-de-la-ciudad-nuevos-uniformes-entro-en-vigencia.html|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The police is headed by the Chief of Police who is appointed by the head of the executive branch of the city of Buenos Aires. Geographically, the force is divided into 56 stations throughout the city. All police station employees are civilians. The Buenos Aires City Police force is composed of over 25,000 officers. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page