Editing Mexico City (section)

=== Law enforcement ===
{{Main|Law enforcement in Mexico City}}

[[File:FederalPoliceDF.jpg|upright|thumb|left|[[Federal Police (Mexico)|Federal Police]] headquarters in Mexico City]]

The Secretariat of Public Security of Mexico City (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de la Ciudad de México – SSP) manages a combined force of over 90,000 officers in Mexico City. The SSP is charged with maintaining [[Public order crime|public order]] and safety in the heart of Mexico City. The historic district is also roamed by tourist police, aiming to orient and serve tourists. These horse-mounted agents dress in traditional uniforms. The investigative Judicial Police of Mexico City (Policía Judicial de la Ciudad de México – PJCDMX) is organized under the Office of the [[Attorney General of Mexico]] City (the Procuraduría General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México). The PGJCDMX maintains 16 precincts (delegaciones) with an estimated 3,500 judicial police, 1,100 investigating agents for prosecuting attorneys (agentes del ministerio público), and nearly 1,000 criminology experts or specialists (peritos).

Between 2000 and 2004 an average of 478 crimes were reported each day in Mexico City; however, the actual crime rate is thought to be much higher "since most people are reluctant to report crime".<ref>{{cite news|title=Police say Giuliani helps cut Mexico City crime |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20040512-1639-crime-mexico.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609044928/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20040512-1639-crime-mexico.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2004 |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=12 May 2004 |access-date=15 September 2009 }}</ref> Under policies enacted by Mayor [[Marcelo Ebrard]] between 2009 and 2011, Mexico City underwent a major security upgrade with violent and petty crime rates both falling significantly despite the rise in violent crime in other parts of the country. Some of the policies enacted included the installation of 11,000 [[security camera]]s around the city and a very large expansion of the police force. Mexico City has one of the world's highest police officer-to-resident ratios, with one uniformed officer per 100 citizens.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/security-central-in-mexico-citys-makeover/article2084076 |title = Security central in Mexico City's makeover |work = The Globe and Mail |access-date = 18 May 2015 |archive-date = 23 March 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170323030031/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/security-central-in-mexico-citys-makeover/article2084076/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> Since 1997 the prison population has increased by more than 500%.<ref name="mueller">{{cite news |url = http://www.digital-development-debates.org/issue-18-cities--mexico-city--punishing-the-informal.html |title = Punishing the informal |work = Digital Development Debats. |access-date = 31 August 2016 |archive-date = 14 September 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160914083812/http://www.digital-development-debates.org/issue-18-cities--mexico-city--punishing-the-informal.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Political scientist Markus-Michael Müller argues that mostly informal street vendors are hit by these measures. He sees punishment "related to the growing politicization of security and crime issues and the resulting criminalization of the people living at the margins of urban society, in particular those who work in the city's informal economy".<ref name="mueller" />

In 2016, the incidence of [[femicide]]s was 3.2 per 100 000 inhabitants, the national average being 4.2.<ref>{{cite news |author=Arturo Páramo |title=Suma la ciudad 39 feminicidios |url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/11/16/1128502 |date=16 November 2016 |newspaper=Excélsior |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007031633/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/11/16/1128502 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 2015 city government report found that two of three women over the age of 15 in the capital suffered some form of violence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mujeres en la capital están luchando contra el acoso desenfrenado |url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/05/11/1092037 |date=12 May 2016 |newspaper=Excélsior |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007031636/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/05/11/1092037 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to [[street harassment]], one of the places where women in Mexico City are subjected to violence is on and around public transport. Annually the Metro of Mexico City receives 300 complaints of [[sexual harassment]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Así se vive el acoso en el Metro de la CDMX |url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2017/03/09/1151067 |date=9 March 2017 |newspaper=Excélsior |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007031621/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2017/03/09/1151067 |url-status=live }}</ref>