Police or Law Enforcement in Colombia
Tonya Bell
Indiana Institute of Technology
CJ 4960
9-21-21
Introduction
The Colombian judicial system has undergone several reforms recently, all of which are intended to boost its efficiency despite the country still suffering from backlogs of cases that it handles (Gómez et al., 2017).
The creation of the Attorney general's office and the relevant transformation from an inquisitional judicial system to an oral accusatory system based on act 906 of 2004 were crucial measures since they mainly seemed to increase deterrence by being both flexible and increasing the punishment expected for any offender(Gómez et al., 2017)
Types of Structures in the law enforcement in Colombia
The Colombian judicial structure constitutes the state high court which is the constitutional court (Corte Constitutional), the Supreme Court, the council of State, the superior council of justice administration, the lower administrative and civil courts, and the attorney general's office(Gutierrez, n.d.).
Number of agencies in the Country and the Officers per 1000 population
The country has the metropolitan police officers who are 5, regional police who are 8, and 34 police departments ("National police of Colombia," 2006).
Additionally, the directorate general is subdivided into six administrative support services, five offices, a director of educational counselors, and eight operational directions ("National police of Colombia," 2006).
Organization Structure, the Jurisdictional Structure, and operating Duties.
The Colombian organization structure constitutes armed police service which is civilian in nature with a hierarchical structure that is usually similar to that of military forces.
Colombia’s organizational structure can be termed as being decentralized with a national jurisdiction structure that is coordinated
Their jurisdiction being national implies that the police officers are effectively distributed in their coverage.
Colombia’s level of Cooperation with Foreign Agencies
There is a positive relationship between Colombia and other foreign agencies, an idea that is depicted when the United States established diplomatic relations with Colombia following its independence from Spain.
United States should adopt Colombia's state of law that is usually organized in form of a Unitary, decentralized republic with various autonomy of its territorial entities, pluralist, participatory or democratic participants
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Gómez, C., Velásquez, H., Rendón, A. J., & Bohórquez, S. (2017). Crime in Colombia: More law enforcement or more justice? Crime, Law and Social Change, 68(1-2), 233-249.