Law enforcement in Peru

Law enforcement in Peru

The national police force in Peru is called Policía Nacional del Perú or PNP. They are the state police force, but serve many of the same roles in the cities that local police forces assume in other countries, such as traffic control at intersections. Peruvian cities (or Lima-area districts) each have their own "Serenazgo" forces, which perform patrol duties like a neighborhood watch and call upon the PNP as needed.

Historic Civil Guards now abolished

*Civil Guard (Peru), formed as main preventive police force of Peru in 1924, later became General Police which in 1988 merged into new National Police

Historical secret police organizations

*Seguridad del Estado (State Security)
*División Contra el Terrorismo (Anti-Terrorism Division)

External links

* [http://www.pnp.gob.pe/ Official site]


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