Interior and Police reports an increase in homicides and works on a mental health protocol with Public Health

Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Raful, informed that the homicide rate in the country experienced a slight increase in recent weeks, reaching 8.28 cases. “It went up a few tenths… although it has remained at the level of homicides that we have had in recent weeks, we have noticed a slight increase in it,” explained the official.

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In other news, he highlighted the work carried out by the institution together with the Ministry of Public Health to address issues related to mental health and its impact on citizen security. “Last week we talked about mental health, we talked about the effort we are making with the Ministry of Health to work together. A protocol is already being designed where the attention to cases that arrive at health centers will be multiplied,” she pointed out. According to what was specified, this protocol contemplates attention to situations such as sexual violations, aggressions against elderly people, and other acts of violence, which will allow the National Police to carry out the corresponding investigations more effectively.