SANTO DOMINGO.-The actions of agents of the National Police in recent days, which include the deaths of three young people in detachments and other mistreatment of citizens, have caused all kinds of reactions against the uniformed police, to which the Government also reacted announced a series of advanced measures of the reform to that institution.
These are 14 points that were announced by the Commissioner for Police Reform, José Vila del Castillo, who was accompanied by the Minister of the Interior and Police, Jesús Vásquez Martínez, at a press conference from the National Palace, where the minister did not show his best face because he looked somewhat annoyed.
Some of the measures are the installation of mobile cameras incorporated into the patrols, as well as in all the detachments, and the Department of Internal Affairs of the uniformed police will be placed under the direct supervision of the Ministry of the Interior and Police, in order to guarantee the investigation. prompt and rigorous of the cases that occur.
According to Vila del Castillo, the provisions were contemplated to be implemented in the coming months within the framework of the reform that is underway, but that is being accelerated to provide an urgent response, and he assured that with them a transformed police force will be achieved that inspire confidence, provide security and be respected by citizens.
Advancement
— Interior Minister
The Minister of the Interior, Jesús Vásquez Martínez, announced during his visit to the Naco detachment that new measures for the National Police would be announced. This after the death of David de los Santos.
