Overview
- The three leading mayoral candidates, which debated Wednesday, agreed the Autoridad de Transporte Urbano has failed and said its powers should return to the Municipality of Lima or the agency should be eliminated.
- Carlos Bruce proposed creating a municipal or Metropolitan police to handle common crimes and traffic enforcement so the National Police can focus on organized crime, saying the new force could begin patrols in about a year with a law rather than a constitutional change.
- Francis Allison rejected the municipal police as unconstitutional and instead offered a strengthened metropolitan serenazgo with armed agents, shutdowns of stolen-goods markets, and a rewards program to find hitmen and criminal leaders.
- Daniel Urresti called for 100 'equipos Terna' under Escuadrón Verde command, at least 1,000 rented patrol cars and four large police complexes to boost daily arrests and PNP operational capacity.
- The debate also served as a transport forum: candidates proposed linked C5 monitoring, smart traffic lights, segregated corridors, bike lanes and 'green waves' for buses, and the discussion highlighted constitutional and coordination questions about shifting policing powers from the national police to municipal bodies.