Police establishes laboratory
Jun 01, 2003
POLICE recently announced plans to establish a fully-fledged forensic laboratory, a move that will usher the Force into a new era of crime investigation.
By Steven Candia
POLICE recently announced plans to establish a fully-fledged forensic laboratory, a move that will usher the Force into a new era of crime investigation.
The deputy director criminal investigation department (CID), Okoth Ochola, said the establishment of the laboratory would bolster the performance of the CID, which “has failed to secure convictions on many cases because our methods of gathering information are not right.â€
He said the move was necessary to counter criminals who have gone scientific in committing crimes.
He also announced that the US government has extended financial assistance to the Police force for another three years, starting this financial year.
“Once set up, we will move away from the old ways of investigating cases and seeking convictions by adducing evidence, but instead secure convictions by scientifically gathering evidence,†Ochola said confidently.
Ochola, who represented the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala, made the remarks at the closure of a two-weeks crime scene specialist course for Police officers at the Police Training School Kibuli (PTS) on Friday.
The course was conducted by two trainers from the US, Davis Stevens and Charles Moden.
They donated three crime scene kits worth sh3m to the Police, which will help detectives in their investigations.
POLICE recently announced plans to establish a fully-fledged forensic laboratory, a move that will usher the Force into a new era of crime investigation.
The deputy director criminal investigation department (CID), Okoth Ochola, said the establishment of the laboratory would bolster the performance of the CID, which “has failed to secure convictions on many cases because our methods of gathering information are not right.â€
He said the move was necessary to counter criminals who have gone scientific in committing crimes.
He also announced that the US government has extended financial assistance to the Police force for another three years, starting this financial year.
“Once set up, we will move away from the old ways of investigating cases and seeking convictions by adducing evidence, but instead secure convictions by scientifically gathering evidence,†Ochola said confidently.
Ochola, who represented the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala, made the remarks at the closure of a two-weeks crime scene specialist course for Police officers at the Police Training School Kibuli (PTS) on Friday.
The course was conducted by two trainers from the US, Davis Stevens and Charles Moden.
They donated three crime scene kits worth sh3m to the Police, which will help detectives in their investigations.