Agency Name: | Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigation Service Corps |
Type: | agency |
Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas |
Nativename A: | CICPC |
Seal: | File:Coat of Arms of Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas.png |
Formed: | 2001 |
Headquarters: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Minister1 Name: | Diosdado Cabello |
Chief1 Name: | Douglas Rico |
Chief1 Position: | Director |
The Scientific, Penal and Criminalistic Investigation Service Corps (es|Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, CICPC) is Venezuela's largest national police agency, responsible for criminal investigations and forensic services. It replaced the Cuerpo Técnico de Policía Judicial (PTJ) in 2001.[1]