The 2nd Meeting of Asia Pacific Forensic Institutes & DVI Commanders (JCLEC Funded) was designed to strengthen the forensic medical capability by sharing information on DVI techniques and processes and to facilitate a network of SE Asian Forensic Medicine Institutes with a focus on strengthening regional forensic medical capacity and cooperation.
This meeting supported the facilitation of a geographic network of forensic medical institutions. This network will link institutions with a commitment to improving local ability to respond to disaster as well as undertaking humanitarian forensic medical work with hub agencies in the region. The aim is to build capacity at the regional level. Participants came from Australia, Indonesia, South East Asia, South Pacific, India, Sri Lanka and Switzerland.
Participants of the 2nd Asia–Pacific Meeting of Medico-Legal Institutes & AgenciesRCMP International Surveillance Course, Enhanced Techniques, Program 3 (Canada Funded) this course designed to give INP Officers the necessary skills and experience to develop and deliver surveillance training to other INP officers. It consisted of both the Trainee instructors developing classroom and practical surveillance exercises. Starting with the basic concepts of foot surveillance in the initial phases and moving on to surveillance by vehicle and using the operating environment to remain covert. The instructional staff comprised of senior and experienced Royal Canadian Mounted Police members and five recently trained members of the INP.
Interviewing & Informant Handling Program 2/12 (UK Funded)
This course follows the techniques and principals for the recruitment and handling of informants and the interviewing of witnesses, victims and suspects. The informant handling element aims to introduce Detachment 88 officers to informant handling techniques, enabling them to:
1. To recognise the different stages of an informants career
2. To be able to explain the importance of risk assessment and profiling
3. To be aware of best practice concerning information management
4. To be able to demonstrate tradecraft skills in dealings with informants
5. To explain how Human Rights issues influence all aspects of informant handling
The interviewing techniques training provides a modern and structured process of interviewing and seeks to highlight some of the problems, behaviours and techniques associated with interviewing terrorists. All the techniques taught are human rights compliant. The training provided will be for the sole benefit of officers managing or employed on counter terrorism operations and will seek to expose them to CT investigative techniques and experiences, with a view to adding to their investigative abilities.
