Secretariat of Public Security
| Secretaría de la Seguridad Pública | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Jurisdiction | Mexico |
| Headquarters | Av. Constituyentes 947, Belén de Las Flores, Álvaro Obregón, 01110 Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico Mexico City 19°23′44.2536″N 99°13′17.619″W / 19.395626000°N 99.22156083°W |
| Employees | 21,600 |
| Annual budget | $126 million |
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| Child agency | |
| Website | http://www.ssp.gob.mx |
The Secretariat of Public Security, also known as the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública, SSP), was the federal ministry of the Mexican Executive Cabinet that aimed to preserve freedom, order, and public peace and safeguard the integrity and rights of the people. The Assistant Attorney General uses the Powers of the Union to prevent the commission of crimes, develop public security policies of the Federal Executive, propose policies on crime, administer the federal prison system, and administer justice to juvenile offenders based on the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and other federal laws, regulations, decrees, agreements, and orders of the President of the Republic. It had its headquarters in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.