Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell suggested yesterday the report into the death of a man on the electronic monitoring program in July will assist the government in determining whether to renew the managing company's contract, but he indicated the report may not be made public.

"Granted that the public has a right to know, you don't conduct investigations in the media," said Bell outside the Churchill Building.

"The investigation is ongoing. The fact that the individual may have been wearing an ankle bracelet does not take away from the fact that we are dealing with a homicide."

He continued, "We will come to the public with the result of, number one, what would be the end result of the electronic monitoring, that is whether the contract will be renewed, tweaked, amended or whether we will look at other contracts out there.

"[We will do] whatever it takes, because we need to ensure that we adopt the most effective tool to deal with crime and criminality in the country, and we think that could be an effective tool. The public will certainly know that much."

Police discovered Anthony Rolle, 33, a resident of Kennedy Subdivision, off a dirt road near the South Beach Canal. They estimated he had been dead for at least a week.

Two fired cartridges were found near his body and his shirt had bloodstains, police said. Asked when that report will be completed, Bell said, "We cannot say when we expect that report.

"Whatever the investigation reveals -- as it relates to the circumstances surrounding his death as well as the fact that he was on bail -- we will know how to move forward from there. "For us within the ministry, obviously we have looked at, and ICS has responded to us, indicating there are some things, but we are currently still looking at the matter."

Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade has said police did not receive notification from the electronic monitoring company, ICS Security Concepts Limited, that there were any issues with the ankle bracelet on Rolle or that he was immobile for days.

Bell said no system operates without flaws, but incidents like this raise fundamental questions that cause for "serious thought and review" of ICS and the electronic monitoring program. The Ingraham administration signed a three-year, $2.7 million contract with ICS in December 2010.

That contract expires in November.

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