Administrative Secretary of the Presidency, Pedro Franco Badma, and the Minister of Tourism, Ramon Alfredo Bordas, formally delivered 30 DT motorcycles and 15 four-wheel bikes to the Tourism Police Department. Upon receiving the equipment that will be used to patrol tourism areas, the director of the Tourism Police, Rear Admiral Hector Antonio Lizardo Jorge, said that the tourism police force is operating under two mottoes, "We are a Proactive Not Reactive Force" and "We Prevent so we don’t have to Lament". (5 April 2001)