The UNC will tackle the crime crisis with intelligence, competence and purpose.

We will implement the following anti-crime plans:

1.

Pass 1 Stand-your-ground laws.

3.

Allow for the right to bear arms modify the current legislation to make acquiring firearms by law-abiding citizens easier.

5.

Increase the complement of municipal police.

2.

Create the offence of home invasions.

4.

Change legislation to make gating communities easier.

6.

Restructure the Ministry of National Security.

7.

Introduce Police officers full-time in schools.

8.

Create a Ministry of Home Affairs.

10.

Create a Ministry of Justice .

12.

Provide Diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees in policing for recruits combined with a police apprenticeship program.

9.

Create a Ministry of Defence .

11.

Undertake Pre-trial detention reform and bail reform.

13.

Increase the retirement age for the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force to align it with other arms of the protective services.

14.

Implement individual risk and financial assessments.

15.

Establish minimum security detention centres.

16.

Implement laws to prevent incarceration of non-violent drug offenders (addicts).

17.

Implement ankle bracelets and house Arrest systems with updated legislation.

18.

Establish state support for children of incarcerated persons.

20.

Implement the revamping of the witness protection program.

22.

Provide personal licensed firearms to active TTPS officers and prison officers.

19.

Establish a fund for children who have lost one or both parents to crime.

21.

Construct a forensic science complex and national security training facility at the UWI Debe campus.

23.

Ensure the enforcement of the drug and liquor laws regarding minors.

24.

Enforce a zero-tolerance approach to any physical violence in schools. Any student physically attacking another student must be immediately removed from school and only be allowed to return after completing neuro-diagnostic testing and a proper counselling program approved by the state.

25.

Review legislation to enable citizens to hire private attorneys representing their interests at hearings for party and bar licenses.

26.

Implement legislation for mandatory cut-off time for all public events requiring a dancehall license not held within an enclosed building. Exceptions to be made during the carnival season.

27.

Carry out a performance assessment of social projects in National Security.

29.

Perform a short-term assessment to identify the scale of involvement of illegal immigrants in criminal activity.

28.

RestructureCreate a Ministry of social programmes that have become gang and criminal activity havens.

30.

Ensure that all schools have the full complement of required Deans of discipline, Security Officers, and Schools Safety Officers.