Meet Mexico's all female Police Patrol Officers

‘The residents of this town are a horny bunch’, says Acapulco’s police chief Manuel Flores, the creator of Mexico’s first all-female police force. 

‘You wouldn’t believe how docile a dangerous driver becomes after being pulled over by a sexy girl’.

He is the 'proud' pioneer of a police unit that boasts it is the sexiest in the world, and where the official criteria for a job is simply that you are 'young, female and pretty’.

The unashamedly sexist move by Mexico's force is extraordinary in 2016, but it represents a desperate move by authorities against the gang wars that have blighted Acapulco's image and tourist numbers.

The Tourist Assistance Brigade, a handcuff-toting arm of the municipal police, was created last October and is dedicated to keeping the visitors happy. We had to think of a way to inspire confidence in the tourists, and our new faces on the street are not only responsible but very eye-catching... but it’s not sexist, we have fat chicks too.

Made up of 42 women aged between 18 and 28, the new brigade’s duties include stopping traffic to assist tourists across busy roads, patrolling the beachfront and detaining criminals while the arresting authorities arrive. The 'girls' earn $8,000 pesos a month, or £317 ($440).

‘Tourism makes up 80 per cent of the local economy, and visitors number have dropped since the local gang wars began.

‘They’re lovely’, said Steven Dingman, 62, from Wisconsin, after being chaperoned towards the town’s Papagayo waterfront park by 20-year-old Fanny Estevez. 

‘I wouldn’t say so with my wife around, but it certainly brightens up my day’. ‘It’s an important job’, says Michigan native John Farkas, 67, who visits Acapulco for six weeks every year. 

Source: Dailymail