Inspección de Policía de La Virginia

What Inspección de Policía de La Virginia does

The Inspección de Policía de La Virginia is a unit within the Alcaldía de La Virginia Risaralda, the municipal government of La Virginia — a small municipality in the Risaralda department of Colombia, located in the Coffee Region (Eje Cafetero), 26 km from Pereira. Founded in 1959, the municipality is governed by an elected Mayor serving a four-year term; the current administration is led by Mayor Juan Carlos Botero Barón (2024-2027) under the Plan de Desarrollo "UNIDOS PODEMOS." The Police Inspection specifically handles public safety administration and citizen policing functions, sitting within a broader municipal structure that includes secretariats for Economic Development, Transit and Mobility, Government, Culture, Risk Management, and Administrative Services.

The entity's operational technology is built entirely on the national Mi Colombia Digital platform provided by the Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (MinTIC). The municipality's service delivery comprises three core digital products: DeporTIC, a FlutterFlow-based sports facility reservation system with WhatsApp confirmation; Portal Tributario (SmartTMT) for online Industry and Commerce Tax (ICA) declaration and payment; and a PQRDS system for managing citizen petitions, complaints, claims, suggestions, and reports. Distribution is hybrid, combining a physical headquarters at Carrera 8 No. 5-35, a dedicated Transit and Mobility office, phone/email contact channels, and the digital portal. There is no proprietary technology stack beyond the national Mi Colombia Digital infrastructure and the DeporTIC FlutterFlow application.

As a Colombian municipal government entity, this is not a commercially monetized organization. Services are funded through municipal taxes (ICA and others), national government transfers, and departmental allocations. Most citizen services are provided free of charge; certain administrative services such as urban licensing and land use requests carry fees per municipal tax regulations. The GTM/operational model is mandatory public service delivery to residents of La Virginia, with no commercial customer acquisition motion, no investor relations function, and no commercial pricing tiers. There are no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity.

Name

Inspección de Policía de La Virginia

Legal name

Alcaldía de La Virginia Risaralda

Website

https://lavirginia-risaralda.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Inspección de Policía de La Virginia is a municipal government unit within the Alcaldía de La Virginia Risaralda, Colombia, providing public safety, administrative, and digital citizen services to the residents of La Virginia municipality in the Coffee Region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAN

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAAAE

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIACAI

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Citizen services
• Digital government portal
• Tax declaration services

Headquarters

HQ city

La Virginia

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Inspección de Policía de La Virginia is part of the municipal government structure of La Virginia, Risaralda, Colombia, delivering local public administration services to residents. It operates through the Alcaldía de La Virginia, providing urban planning and licensing, tax declaration and collection (ICA), social and economic development programs, transit and mobility services, cultural and sports activities, and citizen participation mechanisms. Digital services are delivered via the Mi Colombia Digital national platform, including DeporTIC for sports facility reservations, the Portal Tributario for tax payments, and the PQRDS system for citizen requests.

Product overview

The municipal government portal operates as a multi-channel digital government platform built on the Mi Colombia Digital national infrastructure. The core offering consists of citizen services including DeporTIC for sports facility reservations, a Portal Tributario for tax payments, and a PQRDS system for managing citizen requests. The platform integrates transparency mechanisms, participatory budgeting, public contracting information, and administrative services through a unified web presence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DeporTIC

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mi Colombia Digital (Ministerio TIC)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe municipality operates through the Mi Colombia Digital platform provided by the Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (MinTIC). This platform hosts the territorial portal, electronic offices (sedes electrónicas), and provides the technological infrastructure for digital government services. The platform underwent modifications and experienced temporary service disruptions in late 2024/early 2025.
• GOB.CO PortalcoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial government portal providing institutional information, services, and transparency resources. The municipal website operates under the gov.co domain infrastructure.
• Gobierno DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital government services infrastructure that enables the municipality to offer online procedures, transparency mechanisms, and citizen engagement through standardized government digital platforms.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Alcaldía de Santa Rosa de Cabal: Another Risaralda-department municipality in the Coffee Region with similar population scale to La Virginia. Uses the same national digital portal stack, offers ICA and DeporTIC-equivalent services, and is a directly comparable small-municipality Alcaldia.
• Alcaldía de Pereira: Capital of the Risaralda department and the largest municipal government in the same Coffee Region as La Virginia. Operates an identical Alcaldia structure on the Mi Colombia Digital / GOB.CO stack, executes local economic development, urban licensing, and citizen services through secretariats with the same nomenclature (Hacienda, Planeación, Tránsito).
• Alcaldía de Dosquebradas: Neighboring municipality in Risaralda department serving a comparable citizen base in the Eje Cafetero. Runs the same Plan de Desarrollo cycle, same digital portal infrastructure, and includes an Inspección de Policía function, making it a like-for-like operational peer to La Virginia.
• Alcaldía de Manizales: Capital of Caldas department, also in the Eje Cafetero, and a same-tier Colombian municipal government running parallel secretariats (Economic Development, Transit, Government). Its Inspección de Policía and PQRDS structures mirror La Virginia's, and it operates as a peer municipality on the Mi Colombia Digital platform.
• Alcaldía de Armenia: Capital of Quindío and the third Coffee Region capital. Provides urban licensing, transit, tourism (a key sector in the Eje Cafetero), and PQRDS through the same national digital infrastructure, making it a directly comparable Alcaldia peer to La Virginia.

Broad incumbents

• Policía Nacional de Colombia: National police institution that supervises Inspecciones de Policía in every Colombian municipality. Because the entity's name is "Inspección de Policía de La Virginia," the Policía Nacional sits above it as a broad incumbent with direct oversight and policy authority over local police-inspection functions.
• Alcaldía de Bogotá: Largest Colombian municipal government. Operates the same broad Alcaldia functions (secretariats for government, finance, planning, transit, culture, economic development) at national-capital scale, but serves as a broad incumbent reference point for what a fully scaled version of La Virginia's operating model would look like.

Others

• Ministerio TIC (MinTIC) / Mi Colombia Digital: National ministry and platform that owns the digital infrastructure (Mi Colombia Digital, GOB.CO) on which La Virginia's portal and digital services run. Not a competitor, but the closest enabling/ecosystem peer — every feature the Alcaldía can offer is gated by MinTIC's roadmap and platform stability.
• SmartTMT: Vendor of the Portal Tributario that processes La Virginia's ICA declarations and other municipal taxes. Indirect supplier/administrative-services peer whose roadmap directly affects the Alcaldía's tax-collection experience and pricing.
• GOB.CO: National government portal that hosts institutional information and serves as the umbrella under which La Virginia's lavirginia-risaralda.gov.co site operates. An enabling/ecosystem peer that sets standards for accessibility, transparency, and digital service design for all Colombian municipalities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDAORl2a1p3VUkiaJe_FyHQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/alcaldiadelavirginia_?igsh=NDNjN2ZoZzd6b3d1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inspecci%C3%B3n-de-polic%C3%ADa-de-la-virginia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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