Head of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice’s Spe­cial Vic­tims De­part­ment (SVD), Su­per­in­ten­dent Dar­ryl Ram­dass, says the po­lice ser­vice re­quires new skills, new tools, and new part­ner­ships to deal with the rise in dig­i­tal vi­o­lence.

As such, one unit in the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty has al­ready trained Form One teach­ers on how to spot and treat with dig­i­tal abuse to­wards girls.

Speak­ing at the de­part­ment’s clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny for the com­mem­o­ra­tion of 16 Days of Ac­tivism against Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence on the Bri­an Lara Prom­e­nade in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day, Ram­dass said po­lice re­main com­mit­ted to re­spond­ing de­ci­sive­ly and com­pas­sion­ate­ly to dig­i­tal abuse re­ports.