THE Guyana Police Force last Friday concluded a six-week Crime Scene Investigators course which was attended by 23 young ranks who did intense training in photography, crime scene investigation and fingerprint lifting. The programme, which was conducted by in-house facilitators, commenced on July 13. The trainees were engaged in both practical and theoretical aspects of the course work.

Overall, the best performing rank was Marlon Hannibal from the Tactical Services Unit with 95%, while the runner-up, Ray Marcurius, was from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with 94%.
Among those present at the closing event were Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Wendel Blanhum; Training Officer, Senior Superintendent Paul Williams; and Head of the Narcotics Branch, Wayne De Hearte; and Deputy Crime Chief, Hugh Jessemy, as well as Superintendent Azore.

Delivering an overview of the course was Sergeant Nedd who said that the training afforded the ranks an understanding that what obtains in television shows is not necessarily the reality at real crime scenes. He added that the training in photography underscored the need for crime scene investigators to understand the importance of angle, lighting and what constitute a photo good enough to be used as evidence.