Peruvian Coast Guard

Directorate General of Captaincies and Coast Guard of Peru Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas del Perú
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Abbreviation	DICAPI
Motto	Securitas Dominatus Vigilantia
Agency overview
Formed	5 August 1919 (1919-08-05)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Peru
Constituting instrument	Decree Law No. 17824 of 23 September 1969, the Captaincy and Coast Guard Corps
Specialist jurisdiction	Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Callao Naval Base
Agency executives	Vice Admiral César Ernesto Colunge Pinto, Director General Rear Admiral Pastor Ludwig Zanabria Acosta, Executive Director
Parent agency	Peruvian Navy
Facilities
Vessels	3 patrol aircraft 2 offshore patrol vessel 12 coastal patrol ships 16 port patrol boats 13 harbour speedboats 12 river patrol craft 4 lake patrol boats 1 lake hospital ship
Aircraft	2 Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 1 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Notables
Anniversary	5 August - Peruvian Maritime Authority’s Day
Website
www.dicapi.mil.pe

The Directorate General of Captaincies and Coast Guard of Peru (DICAPI, Spanish: Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas del Perú) is the maritime authority and the Peruvian Coast Guard, the same one that carries out the control and surveillance work in maritime, fluvial and lacustrine environments, as well as search and rescue tasks. It is attached to the Navy of Peru, and according to law is empowered to exercise the maritime, fluvial and lacustrine police in order to apply and enforce the national regulations and international instruments of which Peru is a party, for ensure the protection and safety of human life in the aquatic environment, the protection of the aquatic environment and its resources, as well as repress illicit activities within its jurisdiction.