The present Director-General of the Police is General Gregorio Hernández A., who was appointed in the month of May last (1911).
The Capital is divided up into seven different districts or zones, each zone being policed as follows:
Zone 1: 1 Comandante (Chief Superintendent in Charge), 1 Sergeant,
4 Inspectors, and 60 Policemen.
Zone 2: Same as Zone 1.
Zone 3: 1 Comandante, 1 Sergeant, 3 Inspectors, and 60 Policemen.
Zone 4: 1 Comandante, 1 Sergeant, 2 Inspectors, and 64 Policemen.
Zone 5: 1 Comandante, 1 Sergeant, 2 Inspectors, and 64 Policemen.
Zone 6: 1 Comandante, 1 Sergeant, 2 Inspectors, and 56 Policemen.
Zone 7: 1 Comandante, 1 Sergeant, 2 Inspectors, and 40 Policemen.
In this last zone the policemen are mounted.
The different Departments are also well policed, as follows:
New San Salvador (Santa Tecla), having 1 Comandante (Superintendent and Director), 2 Inspectors, and 40 Policemen.
Sonsonate: 1 Comandante (Superintendent and Director), 1 Sub-Director, 1 Secretario, 3 Inspectors, and 32 Policemen.
Cojutepeque: 1 Director, 2 Inspectors, and 25 Policemen.
Atiquizaya: 1 Director, 1 Inspector Secretario, 1 Sub-Inspector (or Second Inspector), and 15 Policemen.
San Vicente: 1 Comandante (Director), 3 Inspectors, and 21 Policemen.
Ahuachapán: 1 Director, 1 Secretario, 3 Inspectors, and 27 Policemen.
Chalchuápa has two Zones, which are policed as follows: First: 1 Director, 2 Inspectors, and 27 Policemen. Second: 1 Director, 2 Inspectors, and 18 Policemen.
Santa Ana: 1 Director, 1 Sub-Director, 1 Secrétario, 1 Guarda-Almacen, 2 Escribientes, 150 Policemen, 1 Comandante de Dragones, 1 Sergeant, and 40 Mounted Men.
San Miguel: 1 Director, 1 Sub-Director, 4 Inspectors, and 57 Policemen.
La Unión: 1 Director, 1 Sub-Director, 3 Inspectors, and 40 Policemen.
Zacatecoluca: 1 Director, 2 Inspectors, and 18 Policemen.
The total personnel of the Salvadorean Police Force is as follows:
| In the Capital (including the Superior Officers above mentioned) | 454 | men. |
| New San Salvador (Santa Tecla) | 43 | " |
| Sonsonate | 38 | " |
| Cojutepeque | 28 | " |
| Atiquizaya | 18 | " |
| San Vicente | 25 | " |
| Ahuachapán | 32 | " |
| Chalchuapa | 20 | " |
| Usulután | 21 | " |
| Santa Ana | 174 | " |
| San Miguel | 63 | " |
| La Unión | 51 | " |
| Zacatecoluca | 21 | " |
| Total | 988 | men. |