Poverty October 12, 2015 - 10:41 am

Cop´s video on US$122.00 miserly wage goes viral, gets arrested

Santo Domingo.- The lawyer for policeman Daurin Muñoz, whosevideo on the calamities cops go through with their RD$5,500 (US$122.00) monthlysalary went viral over the weekend, on Monday said he´ll request a restrainingorder against the National Police, which arrested him but released by theJustice Ministry.

He said the policethreatens him to prevent him from utilizing the social networks "to say thetruth of the situation faced by police officers."

Attorney Jose MiguelSurun, upon arriving to the National District Office of the Prosecutor Mondaymorning, said the National Police had already fired Muñoz, but noted thatpolice regulations aren’t above the Constitution.

He said Muñoz´s rights,a any citizen and a law enforcement officer are being violated, adding the his residenceis being watched since Sunday.

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