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06-11-2008, 01:40 PM
The chief of police in the Dominican Republic, Guillermo Guzman Fermin, told reporters and an audience of police officers that he was in Santiago to support the efforts of General Raudo Ramirez Comas in his work to tackle the ongoing crime wave in the region. The police chief had expressed some negative comments last weekend after Minister Franklin Almeyda blasted the force for its failure to curb crime in the Dominican Republic. In the interim, national business leaders like Celso Marranzini have called for higher salaries for police officers as a way of stemming police corruption. A paid announcement in the national press supported Ramirez Comas and praised his work. The announcement was paid for by leading business and industrial groups. In his comments, the chief of police said that an additional 17 motorcycles would be sent to Santiago and that the aim of his presence in the city was to support General Ramirez Comas. He said that he was in Santiago "as part of a routine series of visits to all the command centers operated by the National Police.
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