Dirección General de Policía

General Directory of Police
Dirección General de Policía
DIGEPOL headquarters in Trujillo state.
AbbreviationDIGEPOL
Agency overview
Formed1959 (1959)
Preceding agency
Dissolved19 March 1969 (1969-03-19)
Superseding agencyNational Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionVenezuela

The Dirección General de Policía (DIGEPOL) was a Venezuelan police agency. DIGEPOL was created after the transition to democracy following the 1958 fall of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, replacing in part the former Seguridad Nacional.