The Turks and Caicos Islands government is working to introduce biometric surveillance legislation that it has said will aid the police in solving crimes.The plan was revealed by Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson on June 5 during a radio interview with TC Weekly News.According to the Premier the biometric system will see the entire populace being entered into the database.”We will have legislation in place for that, it would be absolutely nonsensical to just do part of the population, we must fingerprint everyone.”She explained: “When I first raised it under the consultative forum, they had persons talking about human rights issues.”When we go to America and every time we have to place our fingers to print on whatever that machine is, I mean they also look into the camera and all these things we don't complain.”The fact is, if we're not going to have persons who are going to be coming forward to help the police solve offences then we have to look at all crime fighting initiatives that will help and that is one of the things we have to do.
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