The Government today handed over to the Police the first 339 vans equipped with front and interior cameras as part of the measures in the process of reforming the institution.
In total there will be 500 vans equipped with surveillance cameras that will check the actions of the agents inside the vehicles and also on the front when arresting or interacting with citizens.
With the new system, the agents will be monitored in real time by the 9-1-1 National Emergency and Security System, which implemented the systems in the vehicles delivered to the Police.
During a ceremony held on the front esplanade of the palace of policethe commissioner for Police reform, José Vila del Castillo, reported that the next steps will be to create a security system in the detachments and purge the institution’s personnel.
Also monitor the work of the police and behavior of citizens when required by a patrol. He added that these measures constitute the first step in starting the Police reform process.
He said the vans have a high-definition camera system, capable of live monitoring.
He explained that said system will allow collecting information that would serve to resolve investigations and follow up on the approach protocol between agents and citizens when required.
Vila said that the acquisition constitutes a step forward for police reform, and the comprehensive Citizen Security strategy “My Safe Country”, which is currently being developed in the country.
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However, Vila did not want to answer if the director of the Police would go to the Chamber of Deputies in case of being questioned.
On his side, the director of the Police, Major General Eduardo Alberto Then, reported that each of the intervened sectors will be reinforced with these new units.
In addition to the province of Santo Domingo and the National District, they will be sent equipped with cameras to the provinces of Satiago, La Vega, San Francisco de Macorís and others.
The teams
The Cars Kits installed in the vans consist of a high-definition DVR video recorder, a microphone, a tracking and geolocation system (AVLE and GPS), a Sim Card module for 4 G communication, a backup battery and an antenna system that will allow the collection of information that will serve for investigations and follow up on the performance of agents.
Then stressed that this action complies with one of the measures announced by President Luis Abinader, to begin moving from planning to action in police reform.
Interpellation
The Institutionality and Justice Foundation, Citizen Participation, as well as legislators from different parties have asked the Chamber of Deputies to question General Then to explain at least five murders of prisoners in police detachments in recent months.
refuse to answer
During the press conference, the director of the Police refused to answer the journalists’ question about whether he would go to the Chamber of Deputies if he was called to account for the mistreatment and murders of several young people in police headquarters in Ocoa, the District of National and Santiago.
