Pedro Montoya, who is training an all-woman motorcycle brigade. Lima is a sprawling city of 7 million on Peru's coastal desert. Huge growth in the number of cars in recent years has swamped its traffic and police services, creating some of the world's most disordered traffic. Public reaction to the female officers has been largely positive. Their poverty has led police to view bribes as a part of their income.
Drivers refuse to buy the tickets at their own risk.
The old police were only interested in collecting money to buy lunch. But let's wait to see if they stay that way. The study by the private company Imasen polled 1,150 people in Peru's three largest cities in March with a margin of error of 5 percent. Diaz, her jet-black hair cut short, is proud of her job. She wears a dark green skirt, coat, cap and black boots.