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Under the 1980 constitution, the police are referred to
as the
Forces of Order and Public Security, their role being
defined as
the maintenance of law and order. There are two separate
law
enforcement forces: the Carabineros and the Investigations
Police,
both under the operational control of the Ministry of
Interior. The
Carabineros constitute a national police force that forms
a
potential reserve for the army and has a paramilitary
organization.
The Investigations Police is a national plainclothes
organization
comparable in some respects to the United States Federal
Bureau of
Investigation (FBI).
Data as of March 1994
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