Colombian National Police (Spanish: Policía Nacional de
Colombia) are the national police force of the Republic of
Unlike local police forces in Colombia, the National Police are
a military armed force and are part of the Ministry of Defense .
They are the largest police force in Colombia. The force's main
function is to protect the Colombian nation, enforce the law by
constitutional mandate to maintain and guarantee the necessary
conditions for public freedoms and rights and to ensure peaceful
cohabitation among the population. Creation in the 19th Century
During the second half of the 19th century Colombia went through
many political changes and struggles to define itself as a
nation. Tensions between the two main political parties, the
Colombian Liberal Party , escalated to numerous civil wars
trying to establish a political system between federalism and
other major Colombian National Police was established by Law 90
of 1888 to be under government orders and as a dependency of the
then Ministry of Governme