Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム

Jump to content

Public Force of Costa Rica

Edit links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

National police of Costa Rica

Law enforcement agency

Public Force of Costa Rica Fuerza Pública de Costa Rica

Agency overview
Formed	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Costa Rica
General nature	Gendarmerie Civilian police
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity. Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, andriot control.
Operational structure
Parent agency	Ministry of Public Security
Child agency	Air Vigilance Service
Notables
Anniversary	1 December (Army Abolition Day)
Website
seguridadpublica.go.cr/estructura/viceministrour/fuerza_publica/

ThePublic Force of Costa Rica (Spanish:Fuerza Pública de Costa Rica) is the nationallaw enforcement agency ofCosta Rica, whose duties includeinternal security andborder control.^[1]

History

[edit]

Cuartel Bellavista, today Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

On 1 December 1948, thePresident of Costa Rica,José Figueres Ferrer, abolished the Costa Rican military after his victory in theCosta Rican Civil War.^[2]^[3]In a ceremony at the national capital ofSan José, Figueres symbolically broke a wall with amallet, symbolizing an end to the military's existence.^[4] In 1949, the abolition of the Costa Rican military was introduced inArticle 12 of the Constitution of Costa Rica.^[5] The budget previously dedicated to the military is now dedicated to security, education and culture. Costa Rica maintains Police Guard forces. The museumMuseo Nacional de Costa Rica was placed in theCuartel Bellavista as a symbol of commitment to culture. In 1986, PresidentOscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as theDía de la Abolición del Ejército (Military abolition day) with Law #8115. Unlike its neighbors, Costa Rica has not endured acivil war since 1948. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement, but has no permanentstanding army.

Public Force of the Ministry of Public Security (1996)

[edit]

In 1996, the Ministry of Public Security established theFuerza Pública or Public Force, agendarmerie which reorganised and eliminated theCivil Guard, Rural Assistance Guard, and Frontier Guards as separate entities. They are now under the Ministry and operate on a geographic command basis performing groundsecurity,law enforcement,counter-narcotics,border patrol, and tourism security functions. The Costa Rica Coast Guard also operates directly under the Ministry but is not a part of the Public Force proper.^[6]

Outside the Fuerza Pública, there is a smallSpecial Forces Unit, theUnidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI) or Special Intervention Unit, an elitecommando force which trains with special forces from around theworld, but is not part of the main police forces. Instead, it is part of the Intelligence and Security Directorate (DIS) which reports directly to the Minister of the Presidency. About 70-member strong, it is organized along military lines, although officially it is a civilian police unit.

The motto of the Public Force is "God, Fatherland, and Honour." Commissioner of Police Juan José Andrade Morales serves as its currentCommissioner General.

Ranks

[edit]

Comisario de Policía/ Director general de la Fuerza Pública
Comisionado de Policía
Comandante de Policía
Capitán de Policía
Intendente
Sub Intendente
Sargento de Policía
Inspector
Agente 2
Agente 1

Equipment

[edit]

Small arms

[edit]

Name	Caliber	Type	Origin
Pistols
IWI Jericho 941^[7]	9×19mm	Semi-automatic pistol	Israel
Beretta 92			Italy
Beretta M9			United States Italy
SIG Sauer P226			Switzerland
M1911^[8]^[9]	.45 ACP		United States
Smith & Wesson Model 10^[10]	.38 Special	Revolver	United States
Sub-machine guns
Heckler & Koch MP5	9×19mm	Submachine gun	West Germany
Uzi^[11]			Israel
MAB-38^[12]			Kingdom of Italy
Beretta M12^[13]			Italy
Rifles
M14^[13]	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	United States
FN FAL^[13]	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Belgium
SIG SG 556	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Switzerland
IMI Galil^[13]		Assault rifle	Israel
IWI Tavor		Bullpup Assault rifle	Israel
Steyr AUG		Bullpup Assault rifle	Austria
T65^[14]		Assault rifle	Taiwan
M16^[14]		Assault rifle	United States
M4		Carbine Assault rifle	United States
Sniper rifles
Remington M700^[12]	.308 Winchester	Sniper rifle	United States
M24 SWS	7.62×51mm	Sniper rifle	United States
SVD	7.62×54mmR	Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle	Soviet Union
Machine guns
Browning M1918^[15]	.303 British	Light machine gun	United States
Browning M1919^[12]	7.62×51mm	Medium machine gun
M60^[12]	7.62×51mm	General-purpose machine gun
IWI Negev^[16]	7.62×51mm	Light machine gun	Israel
Grenade launchers
M79^[12]	40×46mm	Grenade launcher	United States

References

[edit]

^"Costa Rica 1949 (rev. 2011)".Constitute. Retrieved28 April 2015.
^El Espíritu del 48."Abolición del Ejército". Retrieved2008-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (Spanish)
^Booth, John A. (2021-02-23)."Costa Rica: Demilitarization and Democratization".Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1888.ISBN 9780190228637. Retrieved2021-02-27.
^"Historia militar de Costa Rica revive con los 100 años del Cuartel Bellavista".La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved2018-09-04.
^"Air Advisors conduct first-ever BPC mission in Costa Rica".U.S. Air Force. Retrieved2018-09-04.
^"Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas".Ministerio de Seguridad Pública Costa Rica (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved25 May 2020.
^Central America Report. Vol. 24. Inforpress Centroamericana. 1997. p. 33.
^Hogg, Ian (1989).Jane's Infantry Weapons 1989–90, 15th Edition.Jane's Information Group. pp. 826–836.ISBN 978-0-7106-0889-5.
^"Latin American Light Weapons National Inventories".Federation of American Scientists.Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. RetrievedNovember 30, 2012. CitingGander, Terry J.;Hogg, Ian V., eds. (1995).Jane's Infantry Weapons, 1995–1996 (21st ed.). Jane's Information Group.ISBN 9780710612410.OCLC 32569399.
^Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard (2007).Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. pp. 141–143, 174,210–211.ISBN 978-0-89689-293-4.^{[permanent dead link]}
^Bonn International Center for Conversion; Bundeswehr Verification Center."MP UZI".SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification.Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved31 August 2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eJones, Richard (2009).Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. pp. 894–905.ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
^^a ^b ^c ^dGander, Jerry (2002).Jane's Infantry Weapons 2002–2003. Jane's Information Group. pp. 214,899–906.ISBN 0-7106-2434-4.
^^a ^b"Customers / Weapon users".Colt Defense Weapon Systems. Archived fromthe original on 2 September 2011.
^Gander, Terry J.; Hogg, Ian V.Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996. Jane's Information Group; 21 edition (May 1995).ISBN 978-0-7106-1241-0.
^Kemp, Ian (March 2007)."Lightweight Firepower"(PDF). Asianmilitaryreview.com - Asian Military Review. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved18 April 2010.

External links

[edit]

Fuerza Pública de Costa Rica.
Ministerio de Seguridad Pública.Archived 2018-04-24 at theWayback Machine
El Espíritu del 48: Abolición del Ejército A brief history of the abolition of the military in Costa Rica.
Latin American Light Weapons National Inventories

San José (capital)

Demographics Education Ethnic groups Health Languages Religion Squatting Water supply and sanitation
Culture	Anthem Architecture Cinema Coat of arms Cuisine Flag Literature Media Music Public holidays Sport

v t e Military of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire,Saba andSint Eustatius) Cayman Islands Collectivity of Saint Martin Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands
Thedependent territory ofFederal Dependencies of Venezuela (Venezuela) is not listed. TheFederated state ofNueva Esparta (Venezuela) is not listed. TheDepartment ofSan Andrés and Providencia (Colombia) is not listed. The uninhabited islands ofClipperton Island (France) andNavassa Island (United States) are not listed. The uninhabited disputed territories ofBajo Nuevo Bank andSerranilla Bank are not listed.