Busingye made the remarks yesterday while presiding over the launch of a three-day retreat of the bureau’s senior officials in Bugesera District.
He told the newly established instigation board’s staff that professionalism is essential in handling the suspects.
“Professionalism is a sign of development, attaining the mission peacefully without any violation. People like you should be cooperative, if you detect a person and send them in prison, they should go lighthearted, and when they are released, they should not differentiate whether they were helping investigations or were enjoying a picnic,” he urged.
Busingye told investigators not to use their powers in violating suspects’ rights but provide them with any assistance they might need such as communicating their arrest to friends.
RIB Secretary General, Col. Jeannot Ruhunga said that professionalism will come from training. He said that the retreat will discuss the vision and laws that will regulate the board’s staff.
“We shall discuss a five-year strategic plan of RIB as a new institution and discuss laws that will guide the staff. Laws give them extra powers in their job, if the powers are not legalised and well-disciplined, they can misuse them. That is why we want to share about the laws that will help us implement our responsibilities,” he explained.
RIB was officially operationalised on April 20th and took over the responsibilities that were formerly carried out by Rwanda National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
RIB has the mission of preventing and pre-empting criminal acts by identifying and investigating all kinds of physical or cyber-crimes.
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