Police said they will nearly double their presence at Sunday’s Dominican Day Parade after violence shut down last year's event earlier than planned.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday that the force would be adding 500 officers — for a total of 1,000 — to oversee the National Dominican Day Parade celebration, which officially begins at 11 a.m. Sunday in Manhattan.

Police shut the parade down early least year after arresting a man for allegedly jumping on a car and slashing the driver in the face.

“ Having looked at what occurred last year in the staffing numbers, we probably under-did the staffing at this parade," said Tisch, who was not yet police commissioner during last year's event.

“That was unacceptable, and we will not tolerate it happening again,” she added.

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