Police Reform – 2005

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Police Reform – 2005

2005

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

The PNC had 20,186 active-duty officers, or 1.58 officers for every 1,000 persons in the population, which was far below the international average. Following the recommendations of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the PNC dismissed 763 officers implicated in human rights violations.1 The police force remained one of the most inefficient and corrupt institution in Guatemala.2

  1. “Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala,” United Nations Economic and Social Council (E/CN.4/2006/10/Add.1), February 1, 2006.
  2. “2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — Guatemala,” State Department, 2006, accessed May 23, 2012, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61729.htm.