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Peru’s Social Inclusion Ministry Pledges S/14.4 Million to Upgrade 20 Police Stations in Lima and Callao

The Foncodes-led plan prioritizes service areas, technology, victim-support spaces to bolster citizen security.

Overview

  • Midis will allocate more than S/14 million through Foncodes to modernize 20 comisarías in Lima Metropolitana and Callao.
  • Planned works include building repairs plus upgrades to electrical and sanitary systems, along with new ergonomic furniture for administrative and public-attention offices.
  • Stations will receive computers, digital radios, telephone exchanges and interconnected systems to strengthen internal communication, emergency response and crime prevention.
  • Minister Lesly Shica conducted an unannounced inspection at the PNP Alfonso Ugarte station with Vice Minister Julio Mendigure and Foncodes executive director Luis Esquivel.
  • The initiative, framed as a presidential directive, extends improvements to CEM and Family Unit areas for better handling of complaints, with no public timeline or procurement schedule disclosed.