Challenges
Despite the large range of attributions, including immigration services, border patrol, oversight of private security, and others, institutionally it has focused it's human and financial resources on criminal investigations.
Financially, the DPF is very susceptible to changes in government and has been commonly amongst the first structures to have resources shortened in government-wide need to cut spending.
Internally, routine work is paper-driven and centralized in the position of the Police Chief, requiring his command to execute tasks ranging from requesting office material to questioning suspects.
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