Law enforcement in Honduras
Law enforcement in Honduras is split among three law enforcement organisations.
Current branches
- Transit Police, a police force in charge of automobile transportation. They take care of car crashes, parking violations and other infringements.
- DGIC, the agency that takes care of forensics and drug enforcement.
- Comando de Operaciones Especiales COECO, a police tactical unit that deals primarily with countering riots, sniper shooting, and tactical operations.
- Tropa de Inteligencia y Grupos de Respuesta Especial de Seguridad, a police tactical unit that specializes in dealing with organized crime and hooliganism.
Past law enforcement bodies
Civil Guard, now abolished
- Civil Guard in Honduras is a militarized police which was commanded directly by president Ramon Villeda Morales before his death, rather than the chief of the armed forces created in 1957.
Historical secret police organizations
- Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones