RGPF establishes units to fight digital crimes

The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has established 2 units as part of its strategy to effectively investigate cyber and other technology-type crimes. These crimes include illegal activities using computers or digital devices to commit offences like fraud, data theft, harassment, and impacting individuals, businesses, and governments.

Speaking about the units during an end-of-year news conference last Wednesday, Commissioner of Police Randy Connaught disclosed that the force made a significant investment into technology, which has contributed to establishing a Digital Forensic Unit and a Drones Unit.

“Our Drone Unit, which stood with just a mere one drone couple of years ago, now we have a full fleet of drones with qualified drone pilots, and we are actually in training mode where an additional set of pilots are being trained. This is progress here, and progress will continue,” he said, but did not detail the specific work of the Digital Forensic Unit.

In August 2024, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell announced in Parliament that Grenada, through the Ministry of National Security, was to develop rules and policies pertaining to the use of drones, and these guidelines will focus on identifying no-fly zones as well as applying drone technology to assist with improving healthcare.