Dr Nicole Ramlachan
While the T&T Police Service is still depending on lineups or ID parades since in some cases it is all that is available, with the addition of the DNA Database, DNA evidence has become critical for cross-referencing. This would allow for any case with related DNA evidence to be substantiated with scientific identification and analyses. Although legislation has been in place for years, including provision for testing by private and public labs, the wheels of justice have been slow to turn to utilise these critical tools for crime-fighting locally.
The result: T&T’s abysmal crime detection rate.