Unified Command coordinator Major General Ramon Hernandez says that as the Quiet Christmas Plan 2013 draws to a close the government will reinforce normal patrols and maintain them in place. He said that at a meeting with the chief of the Police, Major Manuel Castro Castillo they evaluated the patrolling in Christmas and New Year that ends tomorrow, Wednesday 8 January. They say that the patrols have been successful and that violent acts were down 23%. In the provinces of Santo Domingo, Santiago and the National District crime was down 45% compared to 2012.
The Police say that there were 147 deaths in December, most involving shootings and stabbings. This is 46 fewer than in December 2012, when there were 193 homicides and 194 in 2011. The Police attribute the reduction to the 11,000 Armed Forces agents who were posted at key points in the capital city and provincial cities. There were 45 homicides in Santo Domingo, 42 in Santiago and 39 in San Francisco de Macoris. Of the total homicides, 89 involved firearms.
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