I've had police officers, nurses, lawyers (talk about quality, an attorney was one of my evictees...), etc. 

I encourage all others who have been swindled or have had similar experiences to share them too and to submit complaints to the Better Business Bureau, Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, State Board of Accountancy, Federal Trade Commission, Police Department’s Financial Crime Unit, and the District Attorney.For the potential franchisee owners who are considering this as a business, I would run the other way!

I went to Santo Domingo and stayed in the Zona Colonial and I had absolutely no issues and actually didn't see any police anywhere.

To be clear: unless you are rezoning the property or it is yet to receive its Certificate of Occupancy, there are no "code police" that would be relevant.

Would the police arrest the payor or the payee as discussed in other posts.

I'd call the police on the pervert.

I once found a web site that showed police/criminal activity per type of offense in just about every city in the US.

Question is:  is there something/some ways to turn over the bad apples to rebuild its reputation; or should the local police be notified? 

Also, give the police department a call if you are looking at a particular neighborhood/street in either town. 

Most will just throw them away, but really aggressive groups will drop them off at the nearest police station.