192 years of history of the State Public Security Forces

Two names that continue to write that history: Julieta and Ramon. Julieta is a State police officer who broke new ground by leading the Single Command in Coroneo and earned respect in a field dominated by men

With 31 years of service, Ramon has experienced the evolution of the FSPE from the inside and is a source of pride for the Procedural Police

Guanajuato/Gto News

When Julieta puts on her uniform every morning, she doesn’t do it out of routine.  “Coming to work and putting on the uniform gives you a very different feeling,” she said as if the act still moves her after 12 years of service.

Ramon, on the other hand, remembers it from the very beginning:  “My first day as a police officer was coming in and being on guard duty here at headquarters… we had already started wearing blue uniforms ” It was April 1, 1994. Since then, every shift, every guard, every day, he’s been there.

She is a Second Class Constable. He is a Warrant Officer. Both are among the 3,900 State police officers who currently make up the State Public Security Forces (FSPE) of Guanajuato, the oldest active police force in the country. And both embody something that isn’t taught in any academy: vocation. A vocation to belong, to serve, to endure.

“For me, being part of the State Public Security Forces has been the best thing that has ever happened to me in this life,” said Ramón, his voice clear and unpretentious. He was part of the birth of the Procedural Police in 2011. He has overseen trials, moved lives under protection, and endured painful gazes. And yet, he continues.  “I hope to stay for a few more years… and the day I can no longer belong to this corporation, I will leave with my head held high and say that being here was the best thing ever.”

Julieta’s story follows a different path. A path that wasn’t always open. She headed the Single Command in the municipality of Coroneo, a role reserved for men for years, almost by inertia.  “When I arrived at the municipality as director of the Single Command… they gave me the opportunity to demonstrate that women continue to grow within areas considered for male.”

Her leadership was built shoulder to shoulder with municipal police officers and the Mayor herself. She implemented operations, responded to emergencies, designed strategies, and above all, she represented them.  “It was a very pleasant feeling because they looked at me.”  She represented all those women who joined the FSPE starting in 1986, when a historic call broke the male presence in public security.

But not all leadership is exercised from command. Julieta also experiences it on the ground, in direct contact with people.  “We have to be very careful with our patrols when we are in close contact with people.”  And she knows this because she’s been there: “I’ve participated in accidents where support has been provided to the public… psychologically, too, because we have that training.” What impresses her most, she says, is “when people thank you… just for being there.”

Ramon has also built bridges of trust through constant work.  “We keep up with the entire team every day so they have that trust in us.”  And although he acknowledges that the hardest part is leaving his family because of his schedule, he finds meaning when he returns home.  “Motivating them, telling them I’m coming home from work… arriving with that pride.”

Julieta shares the same conviction that each day transforms you:  “One day is not the same as the next. We learn more and more” she said. They both understand that life as a police officer has no script, only a purpose.

192 years after its founding as the First Light Battalion in 1833, the FSPE is a living memory woven by stories like these. Stories that not only accompany the corporation, they sustain it.

Julieta and Ramon are the present and the future built every day with honor, sacrifice, and loyalty. They don’t just wear a uniform; they carry with them a history of nearly two centuries every time they go out to serve.

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