Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro says technology contributed to a safe 2026 Carnival season.
At the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Post-Carnival Media Briefing on Friday, Commissioner Guevarro said the TTPS was able to maintain surveillance across the country through the use of technology.
“Through the use of technology, I was in San Fernando and able to see what was going on in Sangre Grande. I was in Port of Spain and able to see what was going on in Cedros. So we have been able to seamlessly integrate technology into our repertoire of tools that we can now use to make Trinidad and Tobago a safer space.”
Assistant Commissioner of Police Brian Soodeen said technological means were also employed in meeting the need for access passes over the period.
“The online platform was developed by our own IT department, which can handle 1,024 simultaneous connections and built to handle between 20,000 to 50,000 applications, depending on application upload size.”
ACP Soodeen said there was collaboration with government agencies to ensure that drivers obeyed traffic restrictions.
“An enforcement team comprising officers from the Licensing department and our Traffic Branch was established to ensure strict compliance to the traffic regulations during the Carnival celebrations. There were infractions, which were minority, such as exceeding the height of four metres clearance from the road, the ground, to the top of any load mounted on trailers.”
Carnival 2026 was also the first occasion when the TTPS employed QR codes to share information and offer tips.