A one week training for the National Police force on forensic techniques of criminal investigation started August 8 at the police headquarters in Kacyiru.
The Director of Kigali Forensic Laboratory Supt.Maurice Murigo said the training aims at keeping the scene of crime recordings, preservation, assessment and also some basic evidence recovery techniques.
He further pointed out that the training is intended to equip police corps and other officials in charge of crime scene investigations, with skills to investigate well and to make proper assessments at the scene of crime.
“Such trainings will help police staff to understand and investigate properly the scene of crime as a first step that will help to know where that crime originated from, what caused it and who are culprits victims.” He emphasized.
Supt. Murigo added that the trainings will help police to create awareness to the public about the packaging methods and storage conditions of recovery materials got at the scene of a crime.
Each phase trains 20 people and it is now the third time such trainings are conducted with the hired professional trainer from the United Kingdom.
The further revealed that after 100 trainees graduate, some of them the trainees will be selected to train the public that is both local and foreign people living in the country who reach at the scene of crimes about the same course.
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