 It is responsible to the national Central Police Directorate for Crime Prevention (, "DCPP"), which is a part of the Public Safety Department of the Interior Ministry.The DIGOS, which has an Office in each provincial headquarters, or "Questura", of the Polizia di Stato acts as its Intelligence branch.Through "general investigations" aimed at having a constant eye on the evolution on national soil of social unrest, political underground movements and sports-related violent phenomena the DIGOS periodically reports to the Minister of Interior and to the Head of Police.