Investigations Police of Chile


Investigations Police of Chile are the civilian investigative police force of Chile. Founded in 1933, it is one of two Chilean police bodies, along with the Carabineros de Chile. The PDI is the principal law enforcement arm of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Chile in criminal investigation.

History

19th century

The first reference to police work in Chile is in the Police Regulation of 1803, where the terms "high police" and "public security" are used. Then, in 1830, the Vigilantes and Serenos Corps of Santiago were created, whose work was followed throughout the country. In 1852 the Brigada de Policía was created in Santiago, where the Vigilantes and Serenos Corps were merged.
In the 1870s, the mayor of the city of Santiago, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna proposed modelling the Brigada de Policía on the Agent de la Sûrete in Paris, France, which was based on the administrative structure of the police force. Ranks of Inspector, Comisario, and Prefecto were implemented, and that are still used today.

20th century

The modern Investigations Police was established in 1933 as a separate organization of civil police, independent from the control of the militarized Carabineros de Chile.
In March 2011, fence and arms dealer Italo Nolli shot and killed PDI detectives Marcelo Morales and Kiram Gallardo, the latter of which thus became the first female PDI member killed in the line of duty.

Organization

The Investigative Police divides its investigation areas according to the crime investigated, counting with it several specialized units of police investigation, which have Detectives specialists, experts and experts in the respective areas.

National Headquarters of Crimes Against Human Rights and People

  • Homicide Brigade
  • Missing Persons Brigade
  • Investigative Brigade of Crimes against Human Rights
  • Department of Forensic Medicine

    National Headquarters of Immigration and International Policing

  • Department of Immigration and International Police
  • Department of Immigration and International Airport Police
  • Department of Secondary Airport Inspection
  • Investigative Brigade of Human Trafficking

    National Headquarters against Robberies and Criminal Areas

  • Robbery Investigative Brigade
  • Brigade of Criminal Investigation and Police Intervention

    National Headquarters of Crimes against the family

  • Investigative Brigade of Sexual and Minor Crimes
  • Institute of Criminology
  • Community Support and Action Department

    National Headquarters of Police Intelligence

  • Police Intelligence Brigade
  • Special Police Investigations Brigade

    National Headquarters of Economic and Environmental Crimes

  • Investigative Brigade of Economic Crimes
  • Cybercrime Investigative Brigade
  • Investigative Brigade of Crimes against the Environment and Cultural Heritage
  • Investigative Brigade of Official Crimes
  • Investigative Brigade of Intellectual Property Crimes
  • Investigative Brigade of Crimes in Port Premises

    National Headquarters of Counternarcotics and Anti-Organized Crime

  • Anti-Narcotics Brigade in Santiago, and Anti-Narcotics and Anti-Organized Crime Brigades in Regions
  • Investigative Brigade of Organized Crime
  • Investigating Brigade of Money Laundering
  • Canine Training Brigade
  • Air Policing Brigade
  • Metropolitan Tactical Reaction Brigade, and Tactical Reaction Teams in Regions
  • *Underwater Operations Team
  • *High Risk Vertical Work Team

    National Headquarters of Criminalistics

  • Criminalistics Laboratory
  • Technical Advisory Department

    Criminal Investigation Brigades and others

  • Criminal Investigation Brigades
  • *Zero Microtrace Equipment
  • National Center for Criminal Analysis
  • *Criminal Analysis Offices
  • Police Information Center
  • Interpol National Central Office
  • Department of Protection of Important Persons
  • National Congress Brigade
  • Presidential Brigade La Moneda