Administrative Department of Security

The Administrative Department of Security (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, DAS) was the security service agency of Colombia, which was also responsible for border and immigration services. It was dissolved on 31 October 2011 as part of a wider Executive Reform, and was replaced by the Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia (DNI).

Administrative Department of Security
MottoLealtad, Valor, Honradez
Loyalty, Valor, Honesty
Agency overview
Formed18 July, 1960
Preceding agencies
Dissolved31 October 2011
Superseding agencyNational Intelligence Directorate (Colombia) (DNI)
Employees6,800
Annual budgetCOP$263,853,350,000
(est. 2010)
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyColombia
Operations jurisdictionColombia
Constituting instrument
  • Decree 1717 of 1960
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen byInspector General of Colombia
Controller General of Colombia
HeadquartersCra 28 No. 17 A-00 (Paloquemao)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
4°36′54″N 74°5′14″W
Agency executives
  • Felipe Muñoz Gómez, Director
  • Jaime Andrés Polanco Barreto, Deputy Director
Child agencies
  • Academia Superior de Inteligencia y Seguridad Pública
  • Fondo Rotatorio del Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad
Notables
Programme
Website
www.das.gov.co
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