Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas

Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigation Service Corps
Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas
CICPC
Seal of CICPC
Agency overview
Formed2001
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction Venezuela
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Websitecicpc.gob.ve

The Scientific, Penal and Criminalistic Investigation Service Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, CICPC) is Venezuela's largest national police agency, responsible for criminal investigations and forensic services. It replaced the Cuerpo Técnico de Policía Judicial (PTJ) in 2001. It is responsible for the scientific clarification of crimes with a view to the subsequent application of justice by the competent authorities. The officers of this special body are trained at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Seguridad (UNES). Its current director is General Commissioner Douglas Rico.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.