The Directorate for Citizens Security or Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana is a branch of the Colombian National Police, currently led by Operative Director Brigadier General Luis Alberto Gómez, controls strategic police services in cities, metropolitan areas, police departments and decentralized units.https://web.archive.org/web/20070611100712/http://www.policia.gov.co/inicio/portal/unidades/dirop.nsf/Paginas/Principal. It was formerly known as the Direccion Operativa or Operations Directorate. The Directorate for Citizens Security is responsible for the general supervision of the 8 National Police regions
The Carabinier Mobile Squads have been moved to the Directorate of Carabineers and Rural Security[1]