Prime Minister Stuart Young revealed that plans are on the way to tackle crime and cater to the needs of senior citizens and young people in the country.
In his address at the People’s National Movement public meeting in Tunapuna on Saturday, Prime Minister Stuart young SC, said an appointment of a national security advisor will come first as well as the establishment and strengthening of an elite unit in the police service.
“We’re also going to use advance forensic science and digital evidence management. We’re going to expand the cybercrime task force. We’re going to have a rapid response task force. We are immediately going to change the law for the appointment of the commissioner of police because one of the difficulties we face is not having strategic and stable leadership. That is the first thing we will do as a government.”
For senior citizens, access to virtual consultations will be implemented making visits to health practitioners more accessible. This is to prevent the commute and waiting period that senior citizens would have to endure.
“We are going to expand the availability and use of virtual doctor consultations for senior citizens who want to use it so they don’t have to go, sit down waiting in a healthcare centre.”
To cater to the needs of the youth in the country, the Prime Minister added that plans are a foot to address high data rates and enable accessible to services for all, leaving no one behind.
“Today, I have consulted with our Minister of Digital Transformation and we will be communicating with both TSTT and Digicel to immediately reduce the cost of access to data for young citizens and to give them more access to data.”
Prime Minister Young also alerted the public on the use artificial intelligence as a form of creating misinformation. He claimed such was the case with a video with rapid gun fire circulating online, suggested to have happened in Tunapuna. Upon investigation by the cybercrime unit, the video was reported to be fake and a video game.