Even Punta Cana is becoming much more violent with daily robberies ( you don't hear about), drivers becoming more reckless, and even Gringos who think they are Dominicans while driving MotoCochos.. I never go out anymore with out my licenced fire arm, and I am prepared to use it if need be..
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german tourist murdered on the malecon in POP
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I partially agree, to a degree, but when someone is pointing a gun at you, that is fairly explicit to what it means. They are threatening your life. Most people have heard about it gazillion times, and seen in news broadcast, youtube, or at least the movies (often it is the cops who point the guns, to bad or good guys, but same effect).
Perhaps that is something people can be educated about: how to avoid (preferably), and react in case someone tries to rob you. Of course tour operators will be reluctant to talk about such things to their customers, but perhaps governments and/or suitable organizations could. It may help to have insurance, since that may reduce any natural tendency to resist (knowing you at least have a good chance to recover whatever they take). Likewise, avoiding wearing jewelry if possible at all , which you can lose also because of "natural reasons" at the beach, while on tour, etc (leave it at home, or in a safe deposit box at the hotel). A decent tourist-type digital camera and/or a mobile phone shouldn't be worth more than a few hundred USD combined (already used by you) and not worth a fight (and may possibly be insured).
according to el caribe two attackers have been identified, one of them killed by the police: http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2016/02/12/aleman-fue-ultimado-para-quitarle-una-cadena-puerto-plata
also, in a tweet from the vocero of PN: https://twitter.com/MaximoBaezaybar/status/698128020536561664
also, in a tweet from the vocero of PN: https://twitter.com/MaximoBaezaybar/status/698128020536561664
i had a gun pointed at me and i fought back. so it's not as simple as that. this is the lowest of instinctive reactions.
You have a business on the "Malecon", therefore you post how safe it is to be on the "Malecon".
Not exactly an unbiased opinion.
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It's a terrible tragedy, but let's not get carried away. The Dominican police just caught a band of thugs only a few weeks after their crimes happened (and by all indications they are the right ones). Apparently crime stats are now yet another taboo (unless unfavorable to the DR) but the stats clearly show the crime situation is other similar destinations is much worse. Hence, the police can't be that bad, can it?.
There are street thugs everywhere (specially in tourist areas), and often they act in broad daylight. It is their M.O. There are much fewer "targets" at night, for obvious reasons. Of course they fear authorities, but they just assume they will make a quick escape and get away with it (just like we assume that bad things will always happen to someone else). It's human nature.
Preserving your life it's one one the most basic of all instincts..."fear" is actually meant to protect us from taking unnecessary risks...like I said, it's something one may potentially be educated about. Insure your goods and hopefully that will (consciously or unconsciously) help you, knowing they are actually robbing the insurance company.
I've read numerous articles here in the DR over the years of police being robbed of their weapons at gunpoint. Talk about innefective and apathetic...incompetence and cowardliness belong in their too. In the U.S. cops get killed while fighting criminals and trying to make arrests but I've never heard of them getting held up for their guns even once let alone a bunch of times like here. The PN, DICRIM, DNCD, etc., make the Keystone Cops look fearsome. From their sloppy uniforms to their unprofessional behavior they give the thugs every reason NOT to fear them.
I'M sure THE FAMILIES OF THE 4 TOURIST KILLED ON THE NORTH Shore of DOMINICAN REPUBLIC so far this year will be over joyed to learn that crime is worse in other places.
Just remember that you are posting on "DR1.com",.... and NOT,."EVERYWHERE ELSE.com".
I know saying EVERYTHING is worse in other countries is the excuse ALWAYS given by DUMINICANS, but the rest of us see right through THAT $HIT!!!!
THE FIRST STEP IN SOLVING any problem, IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!
Dominicans can not accept any criticism of anything in their country, therefore the can never solve any of their problems!!!
Throwing all their garbage in the streets doesn't SOLVE anything,...wait, it does get some of the filth out of their house!!!!!
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I guess you miss the FIRST sentence in my post. Here it goes:
It's a terrible tragedy.
But let's not get carried away.
One would hope he was was one of the criminals, but who knows? All too easy for the police to settle old scores with someone else, either because they know he is a criminal who has evaded punishment, or because he may have failed to keep up with his payments.
So far no-one has introduced the word "Haitian". Is this a first? Maybe there were too many witnesses as to skin-color for Dominicans to rely on the usual scapegoats.
There are two categories of police. The low-level incompetent and cowardly ones mentioned above and the crooks. The first have every right to be incompetent and cowardly considering their lack of training, equipment and derisory pay. Who wants to get wounded, or worse, for the price of a plate of beans and rice? The crooked cops are implicated in much crime. a senior government official recently estimated in as much as 80% of crime. And many of them are associated with, or related to, politicians and officials.
This could be a damaging blow to the cruise industry here.
Another factor not mentioned in the discussion of the crooks' recklessness or bravado robbing in the town center in broad daylight is the possible influence of drugs. Druggies desperate for their next fix are not the most rational or calculating people.
No Virgo, we won't, but the 4 dead tourists will get "Carried Away",.......
Just like the Dominicans killed here everyday will be.:dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:
THAT, might concern you????????????????????????
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Just like the Dominicans killed here everyday will be.:dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:
THAT, might concern you????????????????????????
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like I stated earlier, too many druggies on the street, that's why my family stay off the malecon. my family is street smart.
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