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      Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova (Ministerio de Gobernación) nadležno je za službe provođenja zakona u Gvatemali. Njegova nadležnost uključuje zakon i red, nacionalnu sigurnost, kontrolu granica i zatvorske službe. Nacionalna civilna policija (Policía Nacional Civil de Guatemala ili PNC) zadužena je za zaštitu javnog reda i mira. Nakon potpisivanja Mirovnog sporazuma 1996., Nacionalna civilna policija (PNC) osnovana je 17. 07. 1997. spajanjem bivše Nacionalne policije i Policije državne riznice. Samo dvije godine kasnije PNC je uspio pokriti sva 22 odjela.

      Trenutno je širom Gvatemale raspoređeno šest okružnih sjedišta, dvadeset sedam policijskih nadstanica, stotinu dvadeset sedam stanica i 343 podstanice. Osam mobilnih jedinica također bi moglo biti raspoređeno u Guatemala Cityju u nasilnim područjima za kontrolu kriminala. Obuku PNC-a koordinirala je Europska unija (EU), koja je 1997. razvila "Program podrškr za politiku nacionalne sigurnosti" kroz Španjolsku civilnu gardu (GCE).

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      The Ministry of Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación) is in charge of Guatemala’s law enforcement services. Its remit includes law and order, national security, border control and prison services. The National Civil Police (Policía Nacional Civil de Guatemala or PNC) is the police force in charge of protecting public order. Upon the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) was founded on the 17th of July in 1997 by merging the former National Police and Treasury Guard. By August 1999 (just two years later), the PNC managed to cover all 22 departments.

      Currently, six district headquarters, twenty-seven police stations, one hundred and twenty-seven stations, and 343 substations have been deployed across Guatemala. Eight mobile units may also be deployed in Guatemala City to violent areas to control crime. The PNC training was coordinated by the European Union (EU), which developed the "Program of Support for the National Security Policy" through the Spanish Civil Guard (GCE) in 1997.