He said his deputies needed it for protection while patrolling desolate areas where drug and immigrant smugglers have been spotted.
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But he said pay protection was important as doctors needed "security of income" and so that the bonuses "engaged and motivated, but not distracted" them.
"It was only when we changed the law and made it wrong not only morally but legally that we actually had the change in attitude and gained the protection that we needed, " he said.