AMET And Corruption

Ken said:

From today's Sosua News:

"A few days ago, a sergeant of the traffic police fined an employee of the firm Barrick Gold for running a red light. This happened at the traffic lights in El Batey (Sos?a) opposite the supermarket Playero. The sergeant demanded a fine of 1200 pesos, but he then refused to hand over a receipt. The woman paid the fine and then her employer complained to the chief of the traffic police in the province of Puerto Plata, Colonel Juli?n Su?rez Cordero. The colonel had the sergeant suspected of corruption suspended immediately. The traffic police (AMET) was long regarded as impeccable and free of corruption practices. Initially, they earned a good salary and for that they didn?t need to mess around to earn something extra.

But in all these years the salaries of the AMET police men barely increased and for the inflation they just don?t earn enough to be not corruptible. AMET police men earn a salary of only 8,000 pesos a month. You can not survive on a salary like that, especially if you have a family with several children to maintain."

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ive been reading on ISG about a whole bunch of scams lately and its on the rise.

Chuck

The AMET were pretty much bribe proof, at least in the good old days when the fines were minimal (RD$40 for no helmet on motorcycle, not really any point in asking for ? that in a bribe was there??), but as soon as the fines were massively increased it suddenly became viable for them to extort money from motorists!!!!! Well done the DR government

I Give Up

Chuck Riley. said:

ive been reading on ISG about a whole bunch of scams lately and its on the rise.

Chuck

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What's ISG? :dead:

ISG may refer to:

Insight Sourcing Group, a management consulting firm focused exclusively on Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analytics, and Procurement Process Transformation.
Impartion et Service de Gestion, an IT business founded in 2007 in Montreal, Canada
International School of Geneva, the oldest international school in the world
International School Groningen an international school in Groningen, current programme of the school is IBMYP
Indian School Al Ghubra, a K-12 school in Muscat, Oman
Information Security Group, ISG is one of the largest academic security groups in the world
Institut sup?rieur de gestion, a renowned business school in Paris, France.
Integrated Starter-Generator, Part of an automotive Start-stop_system
Interactive Storytelling Game, a type of role-playing game
International Socialist Group, a Trotskyist group and British section of the Fourth International between 1987 and 2009
International Steel Group, a steel company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
International Support Group, a non-profit professional association registered in the Netherlands
Interactive Support Group, a defunct CD-I development company
Iraq Study Group, a 2006 Congressionally appointed panel charged with assessing the situation in Iraq, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission
Iraq Survey Group, the 2003-2005 investigative mission in the Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report
International School of Gemology, an internet based educator of gemology founded by Robert James FGA GG in 2004.
IATA airport code for Ishigaki Airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
Interferon-stimulated genes, a varied group of genes that are switched on by interferon to tackle viral infection.

Celt202 said:

What's ISG? :dead:

ISG may refer to:

Insight Sourcing Group, a management consulting firm focused exclusively on Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analytics, and Procurement Process Transformation.
Impartion et Service de Gestion, an IT business founded in 2007 in Montreal, Canada
International School of Geneva, the oldest international school in the world
International School Groningen an international school in Groningen, current programme of the school is IBMYP
Indian School Al Ghubra, a K-12 school in Muscat, Oman
Information Security Group, ISG is one of the largest academic security groups in the world
Institut sup?rieur de gestion, a renowned business school in Paris, France.
Integrated Starter-Generator, Part of an automotive Start-stop_system
Interactive Storytelling Game, a type of role-playing game
International Socialist Group, a Trotskyist group and British section of the Fourth International between 1987 and 2009
International Steel Group, a steel company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
International Support Group, a non-profit professional association registered in the Netherlands
Interactive Support Group, a defunct CD-I development company
Iraq Study Group, a 2006 Congressionally appointed panel charged with assessing the situation in Iraq, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission
Iraq Survey Group, the 2003-2005 investigative mission in the Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report
International School of Gemology, an internet based educator of gemology founded by Robert James FGA GG in 2004.
IATA airport code for Ishigaki Airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
Interferon-stimulated genes, a varied group of genes that are switched on by interferon to tackle viral infection.

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You have far too much time on your hands.

Ken said:

From today's Sosua News:

"A few days ago, a sergeant of the traffic police fined an employee of the firm Barrick Gold for running a red light. This happened at the traffic lights in El Batey (Sos?a) opposite the supermarket Playero. The sergeant demanded a fine of 1200 pesos, but he then refused to hand over a receipt. The woman paid the fine and then her employer complained to the chief of the traffic police in the province of Puerto Plata, Colonel Juli?n Su?rez Cordero. The colonel had the sergeant suspected of corruption suspended immediately. The traffic police (AMET) was long regarded as impeccable and free of corruption practices. Initially, they earned a good salary and for that they didn’t need to mess around to earn something extra.

But in all these years the salaries of the AMET police men barely increased and for the inflation they just don’t earn enough to be not corruptible. AMET police men earn a salary of only 8,000 pesos a month. You can not survive on a salary like that, especially if you have a family with several children to maintain."

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There is more to it than that, and the Amet guy is in Prison not just suspended.

There is much more to that story than Sosua News reported. In a nutshell the lady was involved in 2 seperate incidents in 2 days with AMET, Barrick pushed the corruption issue and have now put the amet officer and the lady's life in jeopardy. From what I know the amet officer is in jail and his family is after the lady for payment. Can you imagine being an amet officer in jail??? he must be having so much fun.

Seamonkey said:

There is much more to that story than Sosua News reported. In a nutshell the lady was involved in 2 seperate incidents in 2 days with AMET, Barrick pushed the corruption issue and have now put the amet officer and the lady's life in jeopardy. From what I know the amet officer is in jail and his family is after the lady for payment. Can you imagine being an amet officer in jail??? he must be having so much fun.

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Why and how could the family be after the lady for money? Does nobody take responsibility for their own actions in this country!?!?

We took the more proactive route and simply give the amet guys 500 pesos from time to time. And we never get tickets and its always a hello and a wave. They have never asked for a dime.

Ken said:

You can not survive on a salary like that, especially if you have a family with several children to maintain."

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don't have several children then.

Celt202 said:

What's ISG? :dead:

ISG may refer to:

Insight Sourcing Group, a management consulting firm focused exclusively on Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analytics, and Procurement Process Transformation.
Impartion et Service de Gestion, an IT business founded in 2007 in Montreal, Canada
International School of Geneva, the oldest international school in the world
International School Groningen an international school in Groningen, current programme of the school is IBMYP
Indian School Al Ghubra, a K-12 school in Muscat, Oman
Information Security Group, ISG is one of the largest academic security groups in the world
Institut sup?rieur de gestion, a renowned business school in Paris, France.
Integrated Starter-Generator, Part of an automotive Start-stop_system
Interactive Storytelling Game, a type of role-playing game
International Socialist Group, a Trotskyist group and British section of the Fourth International between 1987 and 2009
International Steel Group, a steel company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
International Support Group, a non-profit professional association registered in the Netherlands
Interactive Support Group, a defunct CD-I development company
Iraq Study Group, a 2006 Congressionally appointed panel charged with assessing the situation in Iraq, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission
Iraq Survey Group, the 2003-2005 investigative mission in the Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report
International School of Gemology, an internet based educator of gemology founded by Robert James FGA GG in 2004.
IATA airport code for Ishigaki Airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
Interferon-stimulated genes, a varied group of genes that are switched on by interferon to tackle viral infection.

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None of the above.

Well Chuck likes his chicas so i would guess International Sex Guide???

The X-Mas shake downs have begun...................

500 pesos is much too much to give to an AMET person ,,,100 pesos is adequate

Then, get another job. Stop corrupting these vermin, AMRATS!

A few weeks ago on a Saturday morning I was pulled over in front of Benny Katz office - were the AMET officers stand. The chunky, taller officer told me I ran the red light by Metro -- I did not. I told him , "no, it was not red" -- I refused to agree with his accusation. Asked for my license and then let me go .. not sure if they are looking for bribes or what. But I will not be accused of something I did not do. I guess it didn't hurt that I mentioned that I work with someone in the Sindico.

We gave 500 pesos once or at the most two times a year, Christmas being one. It was well worth it. We always had the traffic stopped both directions for us and we lived where we had to cross a busy main street frequently. Money well spent. Hope it was not my amet guy who got caught.

Anyone got a pic of the offender?

zoomzx11 said:

We gave 500 pesos once or at the most two times a year, Christmas being one. It was well worth it. We always had the traffic stopped both directions for us and we lived where we had to cross a busy main street frequently. Money well spent. Hope it was not my amet guy who got caught.

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If youve not seen him for a week, the chances are it is him.

Celt202 said:

What's ISG? :dead:

ISG may refer to:

Insight Sourcing Group, a management consulting firm focused exclusively on Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analytics, and Procurement Process Transformation.
Impartion et Service de Gestion, an IT business founded in 2007 in Montreal, Canada
International School of Geneva, the oldest international school in the world
International School Groningen an international school in Groningen, current programme of the school is IBMYP
Indian School Al Ghubra, a K-12 school in Muscat, Oman
Information Security Group, ISG is one of the largest academic security groups in the world
Institut sup?rieur de gestion, a renowned business school in Paris, France.
Integrated Starter-Generator, Part of an automotive Start-stop_system
Interactive Storytelling Game, a type of role-playing game
International Socialist Group, a Trotskyist group and British section of the Fourth International between 1987 and 2009
International Steel Group, a steel company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
International Support Group, a non-profit professional association registered in the Netherlands
Interactive Support Group, a defunct CD-I development company
Iraq Study Group, a 2006 Congressionally appointed panel charged with assessing the situation in Iraq, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission
Iraq Survey Group, the 2003-2005 investigative mission in the Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report
International School of Gemology, an internet based educator of gemology founded by Robert James FGA GG in 2004.
IATA airport code for Ishigaki Airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
Interferon-stimulated genes, a varied group of genes that are switched on by interferon to tackle viral infection.

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get a hobby

zoomzx11 said:

We gave 500 pesos once or at the most two times a year, Christmas being one. It was well worth it. We always had the traffic stopped both directions for us and we lived where we had to cross a busy main street frequently. Money well spent. Hope it was not my amet guy who got caught.

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This is the type of "conditioning" that makes AMET turn into RATS. Corruption can't ever stop if you we don't stop paying the bribes. In short: don't feed the zoo animals, bubble gum is not in their normal diet!