DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Superintendence of Private Watchmen and Security (Superintendencia de Vigilancia y Seguridad Privada – SVP) is urgently calling on the National Congress to pass a pending bill that would allow it to impose significant sanctions and fines on private security companies that violate regulations, Diario Libre reports. The call comes as the agency reveals that major irregularities, including the hiring of undocumented Haitian workers and the use of unregistered firearms, are rampant in the sector.

According to José Alberto Hernández Rivera, the deputy director of Operations for the SVP, the agency conducted 454 inspections across the country up to August, uncovering a pattern of illegal activity.

Hernández Rivera, speaking at the XVI International Conference on Security and Defense, detailed several alarming findings...