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NewsWhore
01-08-2008, 04:00 PM
Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda Rancier has confirmed that the 2008 budget includes a salary increase for police officers and his ministry's officials. Almeyda didn't reveal the percentage increase of salaries, although he did explain that employees would get paid and receive the benefits provided by the ministry. Currently, auxiliary police officers receive RD$3,000 per month plus benefits like paid transport, insurance and the opportunity to obtain scholarships. Police officers who work in Barrio Seguro neighborhoods receive those benefits for a total salary of RD$10,000 per month. Police Chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin said that a new annual vacation program was going to be put in place as well as an eight-hour working day.

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