Dominican Republic to adopt “urgent precautionary measures to guarantee the life and personal integrity of Virgilio Almánzar, Tomás Castro and Luz Altagracia Ramírez, and other witnesses” in this case. On November 27, 1996, the Dominican Republic responded to this request indicating that it had “asked the National Police to investigate the threats, and to provide protection for each person.” 121 B.6) “Police Board” investigation 108. On June 3, 1994, the National Police appointed an extrajudicial committee, known as the “Police Board,” to respond to the complaints filed by both Narciso González Medina’s family and the “Truth Commission” concerning his disappearance. The Board was composed of two colonels and one lieutenant who, respectively, were the Commanders of the Secret Service Department, the Property Crimes and Misdemeanors Department, and the Homicide Department of the National Police. 122 109. The Police Board did not issue a formal final report with the conclusions of its investigation, but merely made a summary of the steps taken dated October 25, 1994. The Joint Board that would be established later (infra para. 111) indicated that the Police Board’s work was a compilation of “numerous versions and testimonies that was unable to prove that specific responsibility could be attributed to any particular individual in relation to the ‘disappearance’ of Professor Narciso González Medina.” 123 110. The “Truth Commission” had access to the summary of the Police Board’s investigation after filing a request for information before the Head of the National Police. Nevertheless, neither this organization nor the family was given access to the file of the police investigation. On February 22, 1995, the “Truth Commission” submitted a document to the then Head of the National Police in which it set out the reasons why it considered that the Police Board’s investigation had not been serious and revealed serious omissions. 124 B.7) Investigation conducted by a “Joint Board” of the Armed Forces and the National Police 111. On April 21, 1998, the President of the Republic at the time, Leonel Fernández Reyna, “in response to the requests” of Narciso González Medina’s family “proceeded to give […] instructions […] to the State’s security forces to forward him a detailed report on the 121 Precautionary measures granted or extended by the Commission in 1996, at: http://www.cidh.org/medidas/1996.sp.htm (last consulted February 27, 2012). See also: Newspaper article entitled “Protección caso Narcisazo,” published in El Siglo on November 22, 1996 (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, attachment 18, folio 5007), and newspaper article entitled “Piden proteger investigadores caso Narcisazo,” published in El Nacional on November 22, 1996 (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, attachment 18, folio 5008). 122 Precautionary measures granted or extended by the Commission in 1996, at: http://www.cidh.org/ medidas/1996.sp.htm (last consulted February 27, 2012). See also: Newspaper article entitled “Protección caso Narcisazo,” published in El Siglo on November 22, 1996 (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, attachment 18, folio 5007), and newspaper article entitled “Piden proteger investigadores caso Narcisazo,” published in El Nacional on November 22, 1996 (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, attachment 18, folio 5008). 123 Report of the Joint Board, supra note 109, folio 3848. 124 Cf. Letter of the “Truth Commission” of February 22, 1995 addressed to the Head of the National Police, supra note 65, folios 3827 to 3840, and testimony given by Mario José Martín Suriel Núñez before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held in this case on June 28, 2011. 37