The dean of the Arequipa Bar Association, Jhon Mesías Romero, supported the approval of the Plenary Session of Congress, with 91 votes in favor in the first vote, of the substitute text for the opinion of a new law that regulates the use of force by the National Police.
The standard provides necessary tools for the Police to face a dangerous situation, taking into account all regulatory considerations for the use of weapons.
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“We have all seen how the police could not use their weapons to stop a criminal who, with a knife in hand, wanted to attack them and other people. It must be taken into account that the police function is, precisely, to guarantee order and security of citizens.” Mesías Romero highlighted.
The objective is to vary the Legislative Decree No. 1186, which regulates the use of force by the National Police of Peru, and thus when a citizen commits a flagrant crime and uses firearms or other elements of obvious danger, which put the lives of people or property at serious risk. members of the PNP, the troops can kill the perpetrators on the spot, this action must be considered as an act of self-defense and presumption of legality.
That is, the law will allow the police authority Use your regulatory weapons to stop situations that pose a risk to the life and physical integrity of people.
Likewise, the dean highlighted that the rule will not prevent the agents from being investigated, only from being freed from preliminary detention. Therefore, it will be the prosecutors who, through the necessary expertise, determine the relevance of the actions of the prosecutors. PNP troops.
