Military on the Streets Again
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Travelling around DR you will again be seeing military on the streets as mixed police and military units will be operating to combat the recent increases in crime around the country.
This happened six times during the government of President Medina and was not something the current government had contemplated but recent events have made them act. Their policy of 'Mi Pais Seguro' continues and is being expanded to other towns and cities such as Puerto Plata and Samana. And police reform continues but is a longer exercise with new recruit training now requiring one year rather than 3 months.
Abinader launches military into the streets; orders firmness and respect for human rights
The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, ordered that members of the Armed Forces once again reinforce the National Police to combat the resurgence of crime in the country.
He acknowledged that robberies, thefts and assaults have increased in the last three weeks, which he attributes to the reopening of the confinement and situations created in micro-trafficking by the great blows that have been dealt to drug trafficking during his administration. The president said that social peace will not be negotiated with these sectors.
鈥淚 can assure you that this government is not going to accept a mafia peace. A peace where agreements are made to maintain tranquility, and especially in what has to do with drug trafficking ,鈥� said the president while launching the joint operation .
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I was in Santo Domingo Norte yesterday and I saw a nearly a dozen trucks filled with military personnel.
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They were rounding up Haitians in the barrios of Santo Domingo North too yesterday.
You will see military outside Malls and supermarkets too.
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While I think this is necessary it is also scary.聽 I have little faith in the military training!
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@lennoxnev
One reason why regrettably I won't be coming back to DR.
I do miss the country but also after Covid I'm afraid I packed my bags and went back home.
The other annoying problem is this constant immigration issue that if you want to stay for longer than 30 days you have to apply online (the first to do so in 2020) or pay the excess fee.聽 As I've said many times before, there should be a much simpler system like so many other countries in the region have.
I wish you all well for the futue.
Ducketts
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I saw a bus of military police dropped off at the police station in Las Terrenas this morning.
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@planner聽 My first thought was that the military would be better than the corrupt, untrained, apathetic police...then I realized the only difference is the uniform!
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1Exactly correct!聽 聽And maybe聽 even less training????聽 But I am not sure.
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@planner and carrying semi automatic or automatic rifles. Amazing 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ
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Supported by helicopters, police and military descend this Saturday in "hot spots" of the National District
Agents of the Armed Forces and the National Police descended this Saturday in neighborhoods called "hot spots" of the National District, to carry out patrol tasks.
The operations in which members of the Ciudad Tranquila Joint Task Force (FCT Ciutran) participate are carried out with dozens of four-wheel vehicles, trucks to transport detainees, motorized patrols and mobile video surveillance systems that they place at the entrances of the sectors. In addition, two helicopters flew over the areas.聽 聽
The intervention, which began in the afternoon, was carried out in the Capotillo, Espaillat, Sim贸n Bol铆var, April 24 sectors, among others.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
The troops search vehicles, motorcycles and people, in search of drugs, firearms and blades and several have been detained and their means of transport seized, although the amount is unknown.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
From the detachment of the Mar铆a Auxiliadora sector, in the National District, the actions to be carried out by the different military and police institutions that make up the intervention are organized.
The deployment is seen with amazement in the different places where it takes place, where curious people take to the streets to see what is happening.
The presence of the military in the streets occurs two days after the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, ordered that the Armed Forces support the National Police in preventive tasks, to stop the current rise in criminal acts that are registered in much of the country.
In making the announcement, the president said that the necessary intelligence had already been gathered to attack those who are generating unrest and that the authorities would act against them while respecting human rights, but with the necessary firmness required by the situation that is currently manifesting itself. which he attributed to the reopening of the confinement and the forceful blows that have been given to drug trafficking.
After the various shooting incidents in the last couple of days which are linked to gangs and probably drugs, this is reassuring. Drugs have been a huge problem and recently worse so because of the growth of gangs.
I wouldn't doubt the military. They get a minimum of one years training and do train and work with the US military.
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The US military trained the Afghan military too spending enormous amounts of money.聽 We see how well that worked out. You can't train some people.聽 And the selection process should weed out those who cannot be trained properly and I have no clue how that's done in DR.聽 Adding into that, military training isn't equal to police training unless you live in a military run government where rule by violence is often exercised.聽 I seriously doubt rules of engagement equal to civilian policing are properly trained in any military system of training.聽 US military are not trained for this, we have police for that. Asking military trained police to operate in civilian environments is asking for unwarranted shootings.聽 I've seen video where Dominican military fired rifles into a protest group. The video is gone now I wish I had it. I'd stay away. But that's me.
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Well they might be better with the military because they鈥檒l be more efficient with the job at hand , i my self have only engaged in the working.聽 Haitians which I had no problems with what鈥檚 so ever , I鈥檝e found them to be some of the hardest workers , I know of 2 Haitian community in puerto Plata and see the men going to look for work every morning (800 pesos a day ) and the wife鈥檚 and children going to church on Sunday聽 聽, but if the majority of them are the cause of all the crime and drug dealing like I hear here then the military would be better because they would show less compassion and less bribe taking鈥�.and deport all鈥︹��..I wonder聽
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The majority are not the cause of crime here.聽 Some are but definitely not the majority.聽 The real issue for this community is too many are here illegally.
The real issue is crime across the board.聽 Some like to blame the Haitian community for it all. That neither true nor fair.聽
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You are correct because the ones I always see might drink a little to much on Friday
but they are some hard working people
鈥�.. I just see everyone getting on them and it鈥檚 neither fair or true鈥�.
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They are an easy scapegoat.聽 It seems all countries like to throw around blame rather than deal with underlying issues.
Crime has definitely escalated.聽 It looks as if the gov't is trying to聽 deal with it. Time will tell if they are successful.聽
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All Ciutran soldiers are in the streets to act against the criminal wave
The MIDE ensures that agents are trained for citizen security and to support the National Police
Security on the streets of the country, specifically in 9 provinces, has been reinforced with the presence of 1,600 who make up all the soldiers of the Ciudad Tranquila Joint Task Force ( FT-Ciutran ), assured the Ministry of Defense (MIDE).
The MIDE explained that this is the unit that President Luis Abinader said has been reinforced with human resources and equipment to act against the crime wave that hits Santo Domingo and Santiago to a great extent.
Ciutran, made up of members of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Dominican Republic, was created in 2006 by the Secretary of State for the Armed Forces , today the Ministry of Defense, to support the actions of the National Police in their combat crime .
"Currently it has 1,600 soldiers , with training for citizen security operations and equipped with new devices for this work. They are scattered in nine provinces and it only intervenes to support the National Police," reported the MIDE.
Ciutran 's mission , explained the Ministry, is to support the National Police in the actions carried out to combat crime , with intelligence work, carrying out checkpoints, patrolling by quadrants, increasing personnel in plazas, shopping centers and critical points, in order to guarantee the safety of citizens and their property.
The teams
According to a press release, the unit has different transportation vehicles, including vans, trucks, motorcycles, and recently the MIDE acquired special equipment for citizen security actions in urban areas, including 8 surveillance towers, with cameras and special lighting with 360-degree rotation capacity and solar power from its batteries.
For the management of these units that are deployed for the first time, Defense emphasized that Ciutran 's personnel received training.
He added that the self-sufficient mobile surveillance and remote control systems operate using a system of solar panels, batteries, an electric generator, a nine-meter-high mast with four high-definition cameras with night sensors, a camera with a 400-meter range (day and night) and four 4 LED luminaires.
These fast-use towers will allow, among other things, early warning of the approach of attackers to deployed members, recording of high-definition videos and evidence of incidents to the police and military at service posts on public roads.
Other components acquired for the soldiers , adds the Ministry of Defense, are: Kevlar bulletproof helmets and vests, elbow pads, knee pads, flashlights and multipurpose, lighting and video surveillance towers, and body cameras, which are to optimize the operational readiness of the Ciutran in the fulfillment of its missions to support the National Police and thereby guarantee citizen peace.
Ciutran members have 300 police body cameras with high-definition audio and video recording capacity, remote connectivity and an automatic image download system to the central command server; also with 200 non-lethal weapons and 100 remote restraint devices that allow the police and military a proportional use of force according to the threat.
Ciutran Origins
The Ciudad Tranquila Joint Task Force ( FT-Ciutran ) was created at a time when greater efficiency was demanded from the authorities responsible for guaranteeing citizen security. The homicide rate in the country for July 2006 was very high, approximately 24.66 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, the statement indicates.
Once created, it was decided to give it institutional support with General Order No. 56-007, of the Secretary of the Armed Forces, following the guidelines of decree 189-07 of April 3, 2007.
He says that the members of Ciudad Tranquila also played an important role during the state of emergency that was experienced due to the effects of COVID-19, during vaccination and the incidence of swine fever. The unit has remained active as a joint task force in the Dominican Republic with members of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
A specialized body?
The MIDE is analyzing a proposal to upgrade and convert this task force into a Specialized Corps for Citizen Security , and increase its staff initially to 2,500 members, in order to continue supporting the National Police in matters of citizen security.
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