The Ministry of Interior & Police and the National Police will be focusing on combatting crime in the National District with the implementation of the quadrant patrolling starting Friday, 2 December 2022. The program start coincides with the Christmas holidays, a time of the year when the most cash circulates.
The announcement of the start of the quadrant patrolling program follows the revoking by the Ministry of Interior & Police of the ban on sale of alcoholic beverages in the province of Santo Domingo. The ban on drinking after midnight had been imposed on the grounds crime was greatest in the north, east and south municipalities of Santo Domingo province. Santo Domingo province and the National District make up Greater Santo Domingo, the country’s most densely populated area.
The quadrant patrolling had been announced in October 2021, but it is now when it will...
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