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Investigations Police of Chile
Policía de Investigaciones de Chile
AbbreviationPDI
MottoHonor, Disciplina y Lealtad
Honour, Discipline and Loyalty
Agency overview
FormedJune 19, 1933
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
Chile
Operations jurisdictionChile
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
Sworn members5,379
Agency executive
  • Marcos Antonio Vásquez Meza, Director General
Facilities
Stations128
Website
www.policia.cl

Investigations Police of Chile (Spanish: Policia de Investigaciones de Chile, PDI) is the civil police of Chile. Founded in 1933, it is one of two Chilean police bodies, along with Carabineros de Chile.[1] The PDI is the first collaborator of the Public Ministry of Chile in criminal Investigation.

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PDI disrupting a drug gang

History

But back in 1864 where the genesis of the PDI, as the Commander Manuel Chacon creates Commissioners Guards originating from Section of Investigations, which they not to use uniforms to walk unnoticed between people, property still remains in the current detectives . In that year the Municipality of Valparaíso creates the secret police whose goal was "to discover and catch the thieves and robbers."

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