By introducing modern techniques and international best practices, law enforcement agencies could be equipped to cope with the challenges of terrorism and rising crime ratio, said Wajid Ali Khan Durrani, Inspector General of Police, Islamabad, here on Friday.
The technical investigative capacity of LEA personnel could be improved substantially by imparting training on modern lines, the IGP said while addressing the concluding ceremony of "Advance Crime Scene Investigation Course", organised in collaboration with UNODC.
Durrani said that integrated capacity building opportunities for the law enforcers could bring a significant improvement in their performance to cope with the current challenges like terrorism and rising crime graph. "If investigation is made in a professional way, clues can be obtained easily by investigators as it is fact that something is left by the criminals, which leads towards the successful investigation".
He stressed the need for effective investigation as the people remain shy to become witnesses in various cases, saying that collection of evidences from the crime scene must be ensured in a professional manner so that perpetrator of any crime can not escape from punishment. He also cited an incident of his policing career when the killers of a blind murder were arrested on the basis of solid investigation.
The IGP thanked the organisers of the course, especially Officer In-Charge Programme, Dr Nadeem-ur-Rehman and Colonel Tariq Mahmud, Training Co-ordinator. He hoped that efficiency of the participants of the course would be improved in the relevant field and thanked UNODC for its resolve to support the leading Pakistani law enforcement agencies.
Speaking on the occasion, UNODC representative said the main aim of organising the training programme is to enhance current operating capacity of various Pakistani LEAs in the investigation of criminal cases. "As you may be aware that UNODC Country Programme has three pillars under which sub-programme-2 (criminal justice), plans to enhance the current operating capacity of various Pakistani LEAs," he added.
A total of 26 personnel from various law enforcement agencies including Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of Islamabad Police and Punjab Police, Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) of Islamabad Police and Punjab Police, Crime Investigation Department (CID), Railway Police attended the course to improve their professional skills. Dave Byrom and Bill Thompson as international trainers delivered lectures during the course. The basic objective of the course was to train the first-responders and investigators of different Pakistani law enforcement agencies.