NewsWhore
11-21-2008, 05:20 PM
The number of security businesses in the DR has increased considerably over the last four years, with the National District at the center of this growth. Hoy writes that there were 143 such businesses in 2004, increasing to 228 in 2008. According to Private Security Superintendent Major General Luis Ramon Payan Areche, an estimated 30,000 people work in the private security sector. These security guards are known as a "Guachiman," a Domicanization of the English term "watchman". The boom in demand for private security services is directly related to the increase in crime in the city.
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