TCI Police records turnaround down to 24 hours 

Dana Malcolm 

Staff Writer 

#TurksandCaicos, December 5, 2023 – Police record turnaround times have been reduced to 24 hours according to E Jay Saunders, Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier and he says the next project is the Treasury.

Speaking to Media on November 23rd the Minister who took charge of the project in early 2023 said

“If you remember, 12 months ago, if someone applied for a Police Record, it was taking up to 3 months to get it. It got so bad that in January 2023, I took on the personal responsibility to fix it,” he explained “As you are aware, the new Police Records application was soft launched on the 28th of June, 2023. With the fix, we quickly got the Police Records processing time down to 3 days.”

Saunders had made further promises to get processing time down to a single day the goal was finally achieved on November 22nd with over a month to spare before the end-of-2023 deadline. Additionally, Police are reporting that early morning applications are completed within a single working day.

Now the Finance Minister says the lines at the Treasury are the  next to be addressed.

“With that milestone, I’m now turning my attention to the long line that forms outside of Treasury every day for persons to make payments to Govt. I’m giving myself until the 31st of March 2024 to put the Treasury line on the endangered list.”

It’s a commitment that residents will be glad to hear, following repeated examples of the slow processing system, or waiting area at the treasure across the island, especially in  Providenciales.