| Agencyname: | Tamaulipas State Police |
| Nativename: | Policía Estatal de Tamaulipas |
| Nativenamea: | Fuerza Tamaulipas |
| Commonname: | Tamaulipas Force |
| Logocaption: | Logo and Vehicle Door decal of the Tamaulipas State Police "Fuerza Tamaulipas" |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Countryabbr: | MEX |
| Map: | Mexico map, MX-TAM.svg |
| Sizearea: | 80,249km2 |
| Sizepopulation: | 3,374,200 (2012) |
| Legaljuris: | Tamaulipas |
| Police: | yes |
| Local: | yes |
| Headquarters: | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas |
| Website: | Official site(In spanish) |
The Tamaulipas State Police, also known as the Tamaulipas Force (Spanish; Castilian: 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.[1]
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center").[2] As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.[3]
The prisons include: