Law enforcement in Peru

Policing responsibilities

• The Peruvian National Police are the national police force of Peru. The PNP functions at both a state and local level.
• Peruvian cities and districts of Lima have a dedicated municipal police force with limited jurisdiction known roughly as a "Watchman Unit". Serenazgo officers have fewer legal powers than the National Police.

  Corruption

Former Peruvian police forces

• The Peruvian Civil Guard was formed in 1924 as Peru's main preventive police force. It later became the General Police, which in 1989 was merged into the National Police.
• The Peruvian Republican Guard existed between 1919 and 1986.
• The Peruvian Investigative Police existed from 1957 to 1987.

  Historical secret police organizations

• Peruvian State Security
• DIRCOTE