Santo Domingo. – The Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Rafuldeeply lamented the accident that occurred last weekend in the province Altagraciawhich left multiple people killed and injured, and said that, according to preliminary investigations, the tragedy was caused by the imprudence of a driver under the influence of alcohol, which “must call reflection and create national awareness about the need to take care of us among all.”
Raful indicated that, together with the Public Health Ministrythey work in the design of a Mental Health Protocol to detect situations that can lead to violence, abuse and family tragedies, and thus give preventive answers.
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“We work in a design where the situations that go to the health centers that may indicate that there is a transgression to a minor, a sexual violation or an aggression to an old man, so that the police can investigate with people who arrive at gunshot or white weapons,” he explained.
During the Meeting number 105 of monitoring of the citizen security planheaded by the vice president Raquel PeñaRaful emphasized the commitment to preventive work in schools and the importance of receiving timely information about situations that can generate alert in educational centers.
Minister laments accidents
“Each of the homicides are not just a challenge for us but also moves all members of this task force from the human point of view because we are parents, brothers, children and human beings before authorities,” he added.
Reduction of traffic accidents
The minister reported that Traffic accidents registered a reduction in 54 % between June and July on the highway November 6, thanks to the reinforced preventive work of the Joint task forcemeasure that also applies to other roads. However, Raful warned that road accidents remain a problem, especially for young people between 18 and 28 years old, and many collisions are linked to irregular crosses and clandestine races.
He stressed that the coordinated work of the Digesettthe National Police and the Military and Police Commission (Patho) It has allowed to seize motorcycles prepared for illegal races, thus avoiding a greater number of accidents.
Homicides and injured by violence
On homicides, Raful described the recent cases as “terrible” and said that, according to the National Policethe incidence continues in 8.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.
- In August they registered 111 homicidesadding 887 victims so far from 2025.
- 25 demarcations They remain with an incidence in a single digit, and nine above.
- The figure of injured by violence presents a downward trend, with 167 less casesthanks to the effectiveness of the task force and preventive works.
The minister reiterated that the government’s security policy is based on the Respect for human rights and in the social co -responsibilityand recalled that more than 100 police officers have been submitted to justice this year for bad practices or corruption, as part of the Institutional reform.
“The Dominican State policy guarantees respect for human rights, supported not only on the president’s committed word Luis Abinaderbut in presidential decrees that support the transformation of the National Police, ”he emphasized.
