Colonel Juan Geronimo Brown Perez, the commander of the “Safe Barrio” pilot project still has to answer to the courts for his alleged part in the case involving the illegal use of recovered stolen vehicles. The Prosecutor’s office still has his case on the books. Due to resolution 462-2003 of the National District Fifth Court of Instruction, the case against Brown was separated from the other four dozen officers since he was out of the country. On 5 July 2005, when the court’s decision was published, Brown was studying Security and Hemispherical Defense at the National Defense School in Washington, D.C. He returned to the Dominican Republic in late July, having spent a year at his studies. Nevertheless, he was given command of one of the most highly visible National Police programs. Sources within the police say that if the Justice Department needs to talk to Brown, they will make sure he shows up.