{"id":156027,"date":"2021-04-07T06:31:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=156027"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:46:06","slug":"abinader-commits-to-transform-and-professionalize-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/abinader-commits-to-transform-and-professionalize-police-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Abinader commits to transform and professionalize police force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comite-reforma-policial-Listin-Diario-e1617803155993.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156057\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader swore in the committee members that will present recommendations for the transformation and professionalization of the National Police. Decree 211-21 created the committee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came after a police patrol violated all protocols and murdered a husband and wife that reportedly were confused with a gang that stole motorcycles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President says his government is prepared to carry out the reform cost what it costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I also recognize that it is possible that in this process of transformation we may encounter obstacles and difficulties and furthermore, I want to warn you that the situation could get worse before it even begins to improve. We have a lot at stake and there are many interests at stake&#8221;, said the head of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the working group has the mission to analyze the police structure, recommend actions for the true purge of the force and propose solutions within the legal and institutional framework most convenient for the police&#8217;s transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President was accompanied by the Vice President, Raquel Pe\u00f1a; the Administrative Minister of the Presidency, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Paliza; Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla; Minister of Interior and Police, Jes\u00fas Antonio V\u00e1squez; Minister of Economy and Development, Miguel Ceara Hatton; the legal advisor of the Executive Branch, Antoliano Peralta and the director-general of the National Police, Edward S\u00e1nchez Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21 members of the committee are:&nbsp;Servio Tulio Casta\u00f1os, who chairs it; Radham\u00e9s Garc\u00eda, Juan Ram\u00edrez, Bautista L\u00f3pez Garc\u00eda, Rosal\u00eda Sosa, Pedro Brache, Celso Juan Marranzini, Ricardo Nieves, Jos\u00e9 Luis Mendoza, Osvaldo Santana, Monsignor Francisco Ozoria and Fidel Lorenzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Mu-Kien Sang Ben, H\u00e9ctor Guerrero Heredia, Carlos Manuel Estrella, Jorge Antonio L\u00f3pez Hilario, Fausto Mej\u00eda, Francisco Jos\u00e9 Torres, Carolina Santana and Manuel Mar\u00eda Mercedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decree 211-21 establishes that the working group members will serve in an honorary capacity and will have a term of one year to achieve their objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also states that the working group is under the functional dependence of the Ministry of Interior and Police and that it is constituted to elaborate and recommend public policies focused on the legal, institutional, operational and functional reform of the National Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presidencia https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/abinader-afirma-que-llego-al-gobierno-para-realizar-cambio-radical-juramenta-grupo-para<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/04\/07\/664707\/reformaran-la-pn-cueste-lo-que-cueste\">Listin Diario&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/04\/07\/664707\/reformaran-la-pn-cueste-lo-que-cueste\">El Caribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 April 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader swore in the committee members that will present recommendations for the transformation and professionalization of the National Police. Decree 211-21 created the committee.&nbsp; The announcement came after a police patrol violated all protocols and murdered a husband and wife that reportedly were confused with a gang that stole motorcycles.&nbsp; The President says &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/abinader-commits-to-transform-and-professionalize-police-force\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156027"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156058,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156027\/revisions\/156058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}