Philip Morris is helping to fund an effort of the Ministry of Interior & Police and the National Police in the Barrio Capotillo of the National District. The neighborhood is best known as a slum area where many criminals live and operate. The effort will be carried out in collaboration with the Dominican Institute of Integral Development (IIDI) and seeks to reinforce citizen security and create a model for other neighborhoods.
The social workers and the police will work with social institutions already active in the barrio and with merchants, including to mototaxi service providers.
Minister of the Presidency Joel Santos Echavarria, in making the announcement, called the upcoming effort a strategic plan to strengthen social coexistence in the populous neighborhood in the capital city.
He explained that it is a 12-month pilot project, which entails work ranging from increasing police personnel in the area, to environmental aspects, in which the community will be integrated. The goal is for the outcome to become a reference that can be replicated in other neighborhoods.
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N Digital
13 February 2024