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PNP Transito officer in Cusco
The national police force in Perú 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.
[edit] Historic Civil Guards now abolished
[edit] Historical secret police organizations
- Seguridad del Estado (State Security)
- División Contra el Terrorismo (Anti-Terrorism Division)
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