As my post suggested ;probably you have never had, any such problems as the op ,when you do,and you will;i wonder what your stance on the DR will be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Keep this in mind:
Crime occurs everywhere, people are killed everywhere, and the police ALWAYS arrives after the act has been committed, rarely during and never before!
That's also a fact whether its the National Police of the Dominican Republic or the police of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA!
As for whether cases are solved in one place more often than in others, well that would be a different topic; but as of yet, neither the Dominican or British or American or where-ever police arrives before an act is commited and much less has the ability to undo whatever was done.
2. With all of that in mind:
There are only two possible reactions that Squat will
choose to accept if he ever becomes a victim of a crime.
After the shock factor subsides, he can:
1. Be rational and realize that sometimes bad things do happen to good people anywhere on earth. With that in mind, he would be reacting much like the parents of
this innocent upwardly mobile woman. I'm sure they are not going to flee the U.S. just because this horrible crime has occured to them in a place where they thought their daughter was safe. With the high technology, low corruption, effective police departments, etc and stuff like this still manage to occur.
Or
2. He can be completely irrational and paranoid, unfairly stereotype all Dominicans and the entire country to be something that its not, and leave the DR to "the real paradise" of some First World country, which again, such "real paradise" mentality can only be maintained if one ignores the daily gruesome reports.
Take it from me, at least in the US, even the best of neighborhoods are not exempt from crime and when it does occur, the police always arrives after the act has been commited, rarely during and never before!
If the act is a murder, guess what? Even the best police department in the world won't undo what was done!
With that in mind, the only thing people can do to keep themselves and their families safe is to:
1. Don't make enemies, period!
2. Take your usual normal precautions, nothing out of the ordinary for your place of residence.
3. Enjoy life!
The chances that something bad will happen to you are relatively low if you take your usual normal precautions and, if something bad does happens, its usually something relatively harmless to one's own life.
This is true everywhere on earth!
-NALs