As the country grapples with the spiraling crime rate, the Trinidad and Tobago Government has an opportunity to invest in an advanced forensic system which can help police solve crime in a timely and efficient manner.
The multi-million dollar Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Nano- Analysis, one of the latest forensic systems in the world, is in Trinidad and Tobago at In-Corr-Tech Limited, a leading inspection and engineering service firm.
According to the Trinidad Guardian, the system has been in the country since 2010, but the company has now invested in a more advanced model which was only launched in March.
With this system which costs between US$200,000 and US$500,000, ballistics and gunpowder residue analysis, which sometimes take years to do at the Forensic Science Centre and results in a delay in court matters, could be done in about 20 minutes.