The Minister of the Interior and the Police, Franklin Almeyda Rancier, told a television audience that the Police are having trouble finding enough agents to patrol the streets of the major cities. As an example, the minister said that yesterday there were just 3,085 police agents available for patrol duty when there are 32,000 people in the National Police Department. The minister estimated that there was a need for 10,000 patrolmen in order to effectively patrol the nation’s streets. Almeyda, who is often a harsh critic of the Police, told his interviewers that he hoped that the Chief of Police could find the 1,340 agents that he needs in order to patrol the 12 sectors of Santo Domingo under the Democratic Security Plan. According to Hoy, during his interview, Almeyda also said that the Police would create a group of patrols that would include GPS equipment as well as laptop computers to assist in locating patrols as well as identifying delinquents. According to the minister, the 152 Police companies are the source of “day laborers” in many places, and he said that police chief Bernardo Santana Paez is able to resolve these issues. He pointed out that when the Democratic Security Plan was applied to the difficult Capotillo barrio, the crime rate fell, to the extent that the filming of scenes from “Miami Vice” were easier to do in Capotillo than in the Colonial Zone.