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Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas

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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
Websitewww.cicpc.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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) CICPC, Historia Archived 2014-02-08 at the Wayback Machine