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Ot­to Car­ring­ton

Trinidad and To­ba­go’s top GPS track­ing and ve­hi­cle se­cu­ri­ty com­pa­nies are call­ing on the State to for­mal­ly col­lab­o­rate with them, as the coun­try faces a wors­en­ing cri­sis of ve­hi­cle theft and per­son­al safe­ty. This call comes amid the star­tling fact that on­ly 30 per cent of ve­hi­cles on the road are equipped with track­ing de­vices—and many of those are in­ac­tive.

This sta­tis­tic, shared by lead­ing GPS providers and sup­port­ed by in­sur­ance in­dus­try da­ta, has trig­gered a crit­i­cal shift in the coun­try’s pri­vate se­cu­ri­ty sec­tor. In re­sponse, a new First Re­spon­ders Al­liance has been formed to ad­dress the es­ca­lat­ing threats of car theft, per­son­al crime, and pub­lic safe­ty.