National Task Force On Crime Prevention setting up crime observatory

Bridgetown.

The National Task Force On Crime Prevention, is establishing a security observatory to analyse crime and security trends on the island.

 Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite and Organisation of American States(OAS) Representative in Barbados, Francis McBarnette signed the agreement to set up the Observatory yesterday.

The Observatory, which consists of computer equipment and software  donated by the OAS and the canadian Government will be utilised to tackle criminality on the island.

Director of the NTFOCP Cheryl Willoughby says data on crime was pertinent if the Task Force is  to get a true extent of the problems they faced.