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07-06-2011, 02:30 PM
The Attorney General of the Republic, Radhames Jimenez Pena, told editors and reporters at the Multimedios del Caribe luncheon meeting that the Justice Department should be in charge of criminal investigations. He was firm in his defense of a Technical Investigative Police rather than the National Police in the investigative process. Jimenez wants the new department to be above police investigations.
The new police force is part of the recently enacted Fundamental Law of the Justice Department, although President Leonel Fernandez, under pressure from the Chief of Police did send a note to Congress requesting the revocation of the articles in the legislation that established the Technical Police and moved the criminal investigation unit from the National Police.
Jimenez Pena insists the new police would receive special training and receive a salary similar to other public servants. He said that the idea is to provide investigators with training and professional conditions that would protect them from the corruption that currently tempts the average police officer. He pointed out that the new Penitentiary Police agents are specially trained and start on a salary that is comparable to what a major in the regular Police force receives. He said the resistance from the National Police was natural, but he argued that prestigious civil society organizations like Citizen Participation and the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation are solidly in support of the program.
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The new police force is part of the recently enacted Fundamental Law of the Justice Department, although President Leonel Fernandez, under pressure from the Chief of Police did send a note to Congress requesting the revocation of the articles in the legislation that established the Technical Police and moved the criminal investigation unit from the National Police.
Jimenez Pena insists the new police would receive special training and receive a salary similar to other public servants. He said that the idea is to provide investigators with training and professional conditions that would protect them from the corruption that currently tempts the average police officer. He pointed out that the new Penitentiary Police agents are specially trained and start on a salary that is comparable to what a major in the regular Police force receives. He said the resistance from the National Police was natural, but he argued that prestigious civil society organizations like Citizen Participation and the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation are solidly in support of the program.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)