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Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

The new agreement Peru's national police (PNP) made with PetroPeru and the computer chips that are to be placed in each police vehicle will increase police patrol 40 percent, said the PNPs director of logistics.

Arturo Davila Vega, head of the national police's logistics department assured that the new system, which is to be in place in Lima within the next three months, will make sure that private vehicles do not use fuel that belongs to the police.

"Patrol vehicles will receive all of their fuel and that means more patrolling," said Davila.

It was reported that the new fuel control system will keep the police's gasoline from being sold to third parties and eliminate the excuse that police do not patrol the streets to save fuel.

"PetroPeru fuel stations will only supply police vehicles that have their license plate numbers registered in PetroPeru's computer system's database. No one will be able to negotiate the cost of fuel for police vehicles. Furthermore, they will receive one or two more gallons per day," said Davila.

The head of logistics explained that PetroPeru would be provided with the license plate number of each of the police vehicles in Lima so they could program their computers.

The new program consists of three phases; the first includes equipping gas stations in Lima to serve the police.

The second phase comprises equipping Lima's rural regions and the third involves placing PetroPeru gas stations throughout the country.