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12-02-2008, 03:10 PM
Who to believe? The chief of the police and the chief of the state prosecutors have different opinions on a call for curbing of use of guns during the Christmas holidays. Despite the public outcry in response to the decree restricting the carrying of guns, Police Chief Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin says police officers will enforce the ban that began yesterday. Hoy reports that as of last night police officers began random searches of vehicles throughout Santo Domingo looking for people carrying weapons. Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena warned that any officer caught illegally impounding a gun would be fired, while adding that he supported the measure. Jimenez, however, voiced a different opinion than that of Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, by stating that the measure looks to reduce the display of arms and not to disarm the public. Jimenez says that if a gun is inside a vehicle and a person has a permit, police cannot impound the gun. Guzman said that beginning this week 1,000 police officers will be sent out to patrol the streets and provide increased security during the holiday season. According to Jimenez Pena 68% of all crimes committed in the DR involve the use of firearms.
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