database will be created. This will require the appropriate policy, legislation and regulations to ensure effective utilisation of the database of fingerprints while protecting rights of the individual. And once the appropriate policy and legislative framework is in place, a comprehensive real‐time wide area video surveillance and recording system will be introduced across the city and at all tourist destinations to strengthen the capability to monitor and manage certain types of criminal activities. This initiative will impact on the government network being developed which must therefore be capable of supporting the increased volumes of video traffic to be carried. Such video systems will have the capability to evolve to support automatic vehicle number plate recognition, facial recognition and similar facilities which will further strengthen the national security capability of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force. It is expected that these new systems, when integrated with existing police initiatives and with the administrative justice systems, will improve national security and the personal safety of citizens. Such linkages with the administrative justice systems will require close collaboration between two arms of government and the development of appropriate policies and procedures. It can eventually assist with the deterrence, prevention and prosecution of crimes by improved and enhanced information sharing on a more real‐time basis. It can evolve to linkages with other agencies like Immigration, Customs, and Inland Revenue, and registries such as Motor Vehicle, ‘Dangerous Offender’, and ‘Family Crimes’. [35]