CSI training for frontline officers
Stockports frontline police officers are taking part in an enhanced training course on crime scene investigation to further improve their forensic skills.
Stockports frontline police officers are taking part in an enhanced training course on crime scene investigation to further improve their forensic skills.
As part of Stockports determination to bring more offenders to justice they have organised this extra forensic awareness course as part of an ongoing training programme. A force spokesperson said officers will not be replacing crime scene investigators (CSIs). The course aims to make 230 officers more forensically aware so they can begin to gather vital evidence as soon as they attend a crime scene.
The training will see officers entering a property where a simulated burglary has taken place. Officers will be given a scenario and a range of forensic clues will be positioned around the rooms.
They will be asked to recover and preserve any evidence and will then be given a detailed breakdown of their performance by a CSI and a trainer. One of the first Stockport officers to take part in this specialised training will be Stockports Divisional Commander, Chief Superintendent Neil Wain.
He said: We are always looking at ways of further improving our officers skills and performance and this training course will help us to provide an even better quality of service to victims of crime.
Normally, we would bring in a CSI to do the majority of this work. However, by making our frontline officers more forensically aware they can begin to gather vital evidence as soon as they enter a property.
We want to do all we can to bring more offenders to justice and in time, this training will be rolled out across Stockport.