| Agencyname: | Tamaulipas State Guard |
| Nativename: | Guardia Estatal de Tamaulipas |
| Commonname: | Tamaulipas Force |
| Abbreviation: | SSPT |
| Logocaption: | The logo and car badge seen on the Tamaulipas State Guard liveries. |
| Employees: | ~5,000 |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Countryabbr: | MEX |
| Map: | Mexico map, MX-TAM.svg |
| Sizearea: | 80,249km2 |
| Sizepopulation: | 3,527,735[1] (2020) |
| Legaljuris: | Tamaulipas |
| Police: | yes |
| Local: | yes |
| Headquarters: | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas |
| Parentagency: | Secretaría Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas |
| Website: | Official Site(In spanish) |
The Tamaulipas State Guard, also known as the Tamaulipas Force (es|Fuerza Tamaulipas), is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas .
The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.[2]
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").[3] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.[4]
The prisons include: