Institutional Protection Service
| Institutional Protection Service Servicio de Protección Institucional | |
|---|---|
 Panama SPI emblem | |
| Abbreviation | SPI |
| Motto | Democracia Orden Constitucional Democracy and Constitutional Order |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Panama |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Panama City |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Panamanian Public Forces |
| Website | |
| www.spi.gob.pa | |
The Institutional Protection Service (Template:Lang-es) is a service branch of the Panamanian Public Forces. The Institutional Protection Service was organized in March 1990 to assume the functions previously assigned to the former presidential guard. Based in Panama City, attached to the Ministry of the Presidency. He is in charge of providing protection to the Panamanian authorities such as the President of the Republic of Panama, the Ministers, Ex-Presidents and the Ex-Vice Presidents in charge of the Presidency of the Republic, as provided in this Decree Law; as well as contributing to the maintenance of internal public order, peace, citizen security, protecting public spaces and buildings, such as the Panama Canal Zone and the Cinta Costera. It also operates a group of special tactics with responsibilities at the national level.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Honorable Señor Julio Cesar Jean-Louis Garrido – Director General del SPI". SPI. Government of Panama. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. 2013. p. 1249. ISBN 1452299374.
- ^ "Cambio de mando en el SPI". Crítica (in Spanish). July 5, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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