Institutional Protection Service

Institutional Protection Service
Servicio de Protección Institucional
Panama SPI emblem
AbbreviationSPI
MottoDemocracia Orden Constitucional
Democracy and Constitutional Order
Agency overview
Formed1990
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPanama
Constituting instrument
  • Decree Law No. 2, 1999
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets
Operational structure
Overseen byMinistry of the Presidency
HeadquartersPanama City
Agency executive
  • Julio Cesar Jean-Louis Garrido, Director General
Parent agencyPanamanian Public Forces
Website
www.spi.gob.pa

The Institutional Protection Service (Spanish: Servicio de Protección Institucional) is a service branch of the Panamanian Public Forces.