The Dominican government is resorting to biometric identification for undocumented persons living in the country. The government is working on the installation of an advanced biometric system to be able to identify foreigners in the Dominican Republic. President Abinader made the announcement during a visit to the C5i center at the Ministry of Defense. The C5i is the Center of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cybersecurity and Intelligence of the Armed Forces.
President Luis Abinader attended a presentation of the citizen security advances at the C5i, regarding the use of mixed patrols, seizures of weapons, substances and illicit money, and persons arrested for criminal acts.
After the presentation, the President remarked that Jose Vila, Police Reform Commissioner, has assured him the central command and control system is one of the most advanced systems in Latin America in terms of technology and identification. The platform will assist the authorities in recognizing suspects, identifying people and corpses by their fingerprints.
In addition to the identifying of persons, the new system opens up a window for citizens to file complaints through cell phones, he said. He explained Police officers will be able to carry out background checks using ID card, a nickname or tattoo to investigate whether a person has a a criminal record or if they have an arrest warrant.
In addition, it will be possible to check the numbering of firearms in the streets, as well as the IMEI of cell phones and the chassis and license plates of vehicles.
The President said that “unfortunately the Police was at the lowest level in terms of technology”, but now “we are going to have possibly one of the most advanced systems in Latin America”.
Nevertheless, Hoy reported that during the presentation there was an embarrassing glitch in the system, when the Internet signal seemed to have been lost during the presentation by General Juan Gerónimo Brown of the National Police affecting the demonstration of the background check.
The undocumented Haitian population living in the Dominican Republic is the target of the initiative to identify people through biometric means. Most people living in Haiti are not documented. These cross the border to secure work in farms, constructions and households. Their lack of documentation brings labor and security problems to the Dominican Republic.
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30 June 2022