The Ministry of the Interior published supreme resolution No. 225-2024-IN in the Official newspaper el Peruano over the weekend in which it approves the assignment of positions of general officers of the National Police for the year 2025. Through it It was learned that PNP General Olger Benavides Ponce was appointed head of the Arequipa Police Region.
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Starting January 1 of next year, the officer born in Cotahuasi, province of La Uniónwill replace PNP General Colin Sim Galván, who was moved to the head of the Police Inspectorate.
The new Chief of Police has been in the rank of general for a year and served as director of administration of the National Police of Peru, previously he was in charge of the leadership of the Traffic Accident Division.
DEFICIT
In October, General Benavides appeared before the Special Multiparty Commission on Citizen Security of Congress chaired by parliamentarian Alfredo Azurín Loayza, where He explained the state of the institution’s logistics to combat crime, revealing that there is a deficit of weapons and vehicles.
The officer pointed out that the PNP has a vehicle fleet of 22,316 units.made up of 9,699 trucks, 10,025 motorcycles, and 1,381 cars, of which only around 10,000 are operational. He added that more than 66 thousand pistols need to be acquired.
