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10-10-2007, 02:00 PM
Interior and of the Police Minister Franklin Almeyda has announced that there are 15,000 police men and women working for high-ranking government officials or in the private sector, as reported in Hoy. He emphasized that this was just the number of cops that should be patrolling the nation's streets to prevent crime. According to the minister, there are only 10,000 police agents patrolling the streets. He added that a commission headed by the new police chief was again "looking into the matter to make an evaluation."
These comments came at the end of a meeting with leaders of Citizen Participation, the Institutional and Justice Foundation (FINJUS), and the Young Entrepreneur's Association (ANJE) where the minister said that a High Police Council determined that policemen who are not high school graduates are being given four years to get the degree. He said today's policemen need to be high school graduates, have computer skills, and have passed their driver's test. He said an eight-hour workday would soon be implemented for the police, so they can enroll themselves in school.
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These comments came at the end of a meeting with leaders of Citizen Participation, the Institutional and Justice Foundation (FINJUS), and the Young Entrepreneur's Association (ANJE) where the minister said that a High Police Council determined that policemen who are not high school graduates are being given four years to get the degree. He said today's policemen need to be high school graduates, have computer skills, and have passed their driver's test. He said an eight-hour workday would soon be implemented for the police, so they can enroll themselves in school.
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