The Presidency submitted a comprehensive bill for the modernization and transformation of the National Police to the Senate on 8 December 2025, marking a critical step in a major police overhaul.
Antoliano Peralta, the legal consultant to the Executive Branch, delivered the proposed legislation alongside members of the Police Reform Commission.
“This is not a perfect bill, because no human endeavor is perfect, but we are all convinced that it represents a great advance,” Peralta stated: “Following its expected approval, the police force will be totally different and will finally enter the 21st Century.”
President Luis Abinader officially transmitted the initiative to the National Congress with a message: “I submit to the National Congress, for the purposes of knowledge, discussion, and approval, the Bill that modifies Organic Law 590-16, of 15 July 2016, concerning the National Police.”
Peralta explained that the legislative effort is designed to institutionally modernize the National Police, professionalize the police career, strengthen citizen trust, and optimize public safety.
Servio Tulio Castaño, the commission’s coordinator, underscored the exhaustive process behind the bill’s creation, noting the commission held over 58 meetings with President Abinader, each lasting approximately two hours.
“It is a law that transforms the institution for the new era, strengthening the administrative and financial aspects of the National Police, as well as everything related to integrity, the use of force, and internal supervision,” Castaño asserted.
Castaño highlighted that a main focus of the reform is a crucial increase in police patrol effectiveness.
“While 60% of the world’s police forces patrol, ours does so in less than 25%. This law will allow us to correct that,” he emphasized.
The reform commission included a panel of experts such as Elena Viyella, Marisol Vicens, Radhamés García, Adolfo Ramírez, and Mukien Sang, who reviewed and reformulated the legislative text.
The move follows Abinader’s announcement during his weekly press meeting, La Semanal con la Prensa, where he foreshadowed the bill’s submission as part of the major structural reforms promised since the beginning of his administration.
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El Dia
9 December 2025