The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) is to start using synthetic DNA to help find criminals. On September 28, Comprehensive Security Solutions and Selectamark, with partner Digicel Barbados, launched the forensic marking product SelectaDNA at the headquarters of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry in St Michael. It’s a partnership between Barbados distributor Comprehensive Security Solutions Inc. and the UK security company Selectamark Security Systems plc.
Produced by Selectamark, SelectaDNA (www.selectadna.co.uk
Digicel, a mobile telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, will be using SelectaDNA products to protect their own property on the island and will sell SelectaDNA kits to commercial and retail customers. Selectamark reports that it has been working with Comprehensive Security Solutions for more than a year to implement the SelectaDNA product range for use by the RBPF.
During the launch, which was attended by high-ranking members of RBPF and officials from the public and private sectors, Superintendent Livingstone Eversley, Head of Criminal Investigations at the Royal Barbados Police Force, accepted a presentation of a SelectaDNA Detection Kit from Ryan Clarke, Director of Comprehensive Security Solutions Inc.
A Memorandum of Understanding between Digicel and Comprehensive Security Solutions Inc. was previously signed to provide SelectaDNA products to Barbados.
Supt Eversley said local police welcomed the initiative. He added: “This is something we in the RBPF are very interested in as we look to use all available technologies to help us fight crime.”
And Andrew Knights, Managing Director of Selectamark, who was present at the launch said: “The main purpose of SelectaDNA is to deter criminal activity and reduce crime on the island. But if a crime does take place, police in Barbados now have a uniquely-coded product they can rely on to link a suspect to a crime scene, which can ultimately lead to arrest and prosecution.”
Ryan Clarke, Director of Comprehensive Security Solutions, said: “With the launch of SelectaDNA in Barbados, I believe that Comprehensive Security Solutions has begun our company’s vision to partner with local and regional law enforcement agencies to protect and provide safer communities, through the merger of people and technology.”
Pictured: Supt Livingstone Eversley, Head of Criminal Investigations at the Royal Barbados Police Force, addresses senior officials at the launch of forensic marking product SelectaDNA in Barbados.
Courtesy of: Selectamark.
About SelectaDNA
Selectamark Security Systems plc sells patented DNA security solutions. SelectaDNA provides a forensic chain of evidence which can be used to identify property and link criminals to crime scenes. For more – visit www.selectadna.co.uk
