It was the first federally owned police institution, managed by civilians, to be created after Argentina's return to democracy in 1983.

145/2005, transferred - structurally and functionally - the militarized National Aeronautical Police (Spanish: Policía Aeronautica Nacional, or "PAN") from within the Ministry of Defence to the Interior Ministry's orbit, creating the Airport Security Police, and joining it to the Homeland Security System.

[2] The decree also formalized the adoption of civil administration to this new police force, in order to restructure and normalize it.

This is understood as a specific aspect of public safety, and includes actions to protect and safeguard internal security within the jurisdiction of airports, through prevention, intelligence gathering and investigation of crimes and offenses that are not covered by the Aeronautics Code.

PSA is therefore in charge of: Unlike most police forces the ASP sports only an officers corps and no other ranks.