Law enforcement in Peru

Law enforcement in Peru is carried out by two organizations under the direction of the Ministry of the Interior:

  • The National Police of Peru (Spanish: Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP), which acts as the national police force of Peru, and functions at both a state and local level. It acts mainly as a traffic control force, although other squadrons nominally fight crime, such as the Black Eagles, the only effectively organized of them.
  • Watchmen Units (Spanish: Unidades de Serenazgo), which function as a dedicated municipal police force with limited jurisdiction in certain Peruvian cities and districts of Lima. Serenazgo officers have fewer legal powers than the National Police.

The majority of the police force is plagued by corruption.

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