At a press conference yesterday, the Interior and Police Minister Frankin Almeyda Rancier delivered 14 Harley Davidson motorcycles to the Chief of Police, General Bernardo Santana Paes. The bikes cost US$17,000 each, and are to be used immediately for the patrolling of Capotillo in the northern part of Santo Domingo. He said that the agents will be on permanent patrol in the area and that the motorcycles are exclusively for agents who are able to take them home and give them maintenance. The agents that will patrol Capotillo will receive a RD$6,000 incentive in addition to their basic salary. Almeyda said that this type of motorized patrol would be extended to other areas but that Capotillo was selected as a pilot project. There are 230 police agents permanently assigned to Capotillo. The president of the Capotillo Development Council, Josefina De Jesus, thanked the government for equipping the agents.