Historical review

In fact in 1822 we joined the Gran Colombia, as South District or Province of Quito, where we already had a classification of officials and employees for the performance of police duties, because with Chiefs of Police, Judges of Police Commissioners, Supervigilantes, Gendarmes and Keepers under the dependence of the municipalities.

The advent of the Republic, the policials funtions and in general the conservation of public order remained in the hands of the military in power at all levels.

In the early years of the Republic planted by the Liberator Simon Bolivar’s Gran Colombia in administrative systems, therefore, the municipalities retained the same characteristics as the old councils, including that to the police intervention was held.

In the early years of the Republic they held the administrative systems, implanted by the Liberator Simon Bolivar in the gran Colombia, therefore the Municipalities retained the same characteristics as the old councils, including matters relating to police intervention.

In 1832 the Congress considering the need to establish bases to form the Police, it decrees that the Municipal Councils, the capital of the department elaborate Regulations of Police that governing each of them, noting that the Police have not further intervention which attributed the laws and should be the responsibility of the Municipal Councils, therefore leave their duties all employees and abolished the names of Judge and Judges of Police, Super Vigilantes. Gendarmes and guards, subsisting Commissioners only and dependents.

In this first term, mandate Gral. Juan Jose Flores not made it solved the police aspect and as can easily be inferred from the above, the police at that time was not a national institution, since its action does not exceed provincial boundaries or cantonal.

Upon assuming the presidency Vicente Rocafuerte in 1835, reestablished the police the same state it was in 1830, however it is concerned that police acquire the highest levels of efficiency and service dictating the Law of Political and Administrative System In it are set as functions of the Municipal Councils, caring Police safety, health, comfort and Ornament.

The Constituent Assembly of 1843, gives a new law on political and administrative system, under which was centralized in the executive branch most of the powers that correspond to the Municipalities and states that the Ministers of Government and Foreign Affairs take care of all that relates to the Police all peoples. This comes to be a first step for the organization of the National Police institution.

In February 1848, it is approved by the Executive Regulation issued by the Municipality of Quito, sitting foundations for a less local policing, because it shares responsibilities with the central government. It provides that each canton police will be in charge of a police chief, a Commissioner, Wardens and Employees, the Chief of Police will be the highest authority and shall be appointed by the Executive. The police no longer local administrative unit and is almost independent entity with specific functions, such as to pursue the secret societies or suspect any crime, take care not to run false rumors that alarmed citizens, foreigners who come near must be presented with their passports to the Chief of Police, shall not afford any entertainment, fun unlicensed Police, prohibition of acts or expressions contrary to religion, morals and good customs, among others.