National Revolutionary Police Force
Law enforcement in Cuba is the responsibility of the National Revolutionary Police Force (Spanish: Policía Nacional Revolucionaria, PNR) under the administration of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior.[4] The PNR reports to this subdirectorate, and is responsible for uniform policing, criminal investigation, crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and traffic control.[6] There are also a number of French-made Peugeot and Citroen cruisers, introduced in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but these are still vastly outnumbered by the Lada 2107s, which are ubiquitous throughout Cuba.[7] They have utilised radio communications as well as a computer dispatching system since the 1990s, made possible by the increased investment in the PNR to cope with rising crime during the economic crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union.[4][7] PNR officers are armed with a semi-automatic handgun (usually a Makarov PM or CZ-75) and a baton, and they "may use necessary force to apprehend suspects and to defend their person or that of any other citizen".