Tamaulipas State Police

The Tamaulipas State Police (Policía estatal de Tamaulipas), also known as the Tamaulipas Force (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 (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).

Police academy
The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.

Prisons
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center"). As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.

The prisons include:
 * CERESO Altamira
 * CERESO Mante
 * CERESO Matamoros II - 15 mi southwest of Matamoros
 * CERESO Miguel Alemán
 * CERESO Nuevo Laredo II
 * CERESO Reynosa
 * CERESO Tula
 * CERESO Victoria