First core investigators course graduation at Crime Management College Kabul, July 2014. The first graduation ceremony since the opening of the new Crime Management College (CMC) in February this year took place on 10 July on the grounds of the Afghan National Police Academy (ANPA): 33 investigators received proudly and with a big smile their certificates. They all participated in the five-week core investigators course where essential topics were covered such as crime scene management, investigative interviewing, evidence gathering, professional practice and intelligence techniques for crime investigating officers. All participants of the course are currently working in different departments of Crime Investigation Departments (CID) in Kabul. One of them is Captain Mohammad Arif, employed at the Counter-Terrorism Department of the Ministry of Interior. For him, the course was useful: “Whatever we learned during the last five weeks, was very important for us. We will put all the new methods in practice in our daily work. On behalf of all graduates, I assure you that we will be at service of our people and we will perform our duties in the framework of law.” The work of Captain Arif and his colleagues is the base for a successful prosecution: they are at the crime scene to gather evidence, to interview suspects and witnesses and to care of victims. Why much more capacity building is needed, was addressed by Major General Zal, the Commander of ANPA: “We should understand what we lack, and then look for it. Many commanders and detectives have been assigned but they hardly perform their duties professionally. The most important thing for the Afghan National Police is to acquire a better education. The CMC will surely play a big role in rule of law implementation.” He went on to say on a critical note: “There are 1,800 cases very badly investigated without proper evidence and due to that suspects are now in Pul-e Charkhi prison but who knows if they are really guilty or not? My advice for you investigators is to take two things into consideration. First, you should understand the law and second you should know how to integrate with the community.” Brigadier General Beheshti, Head of Planning and Policy at ANPA, agreed: “If we really want to see the best performance of the Afghan police, we need to work more on capacity building. We can be lucky to have a professional institution like the Crime Management College. The recent course for investigators is another step towards learning how to perform our duties professionally. Evidence gathering is very important but we shouldn’t forget new crimes such as cyber-crimes. There should be more training courses to learn new methods and techniques.” More support requested also General Pordili, the Head of Detections at the Crime Investigation Department at the Afghan MoI: “I thank EUPOL for their support and organising the core investigator course. Yet, for further practical training activities, we need laboratories and more equipment.” EUPOL Afghanistan will provide more assistance: mentors will continue to work closely with General Silab, Commander of the Afghan National Police General Training Command and General Zal – Commander of ANPA, to assist and support the continued professional development of the Afghan National Police, particularly at the Crime Management College, the Police Staff College and the General Training Command. EUPOL Training Operations Coordinator, Nicole Gruendler, said: “It is clear to see the pride on the faces of the Afghan National Police students who have graduated today from this Core Investigators course at the CMC. It makes me extremely happy to see that graduates from the CMC are really benefiting from such facilities, and more importantly, now have access to such high quality specialist criminal investigation training and education.” Equally content was EUPOL Head of Training, Tom Stabler said: “This is another great day for the Afghan National Police, and also for me personally. I can now see the real difference that this specialist college is making, especially as these detective officers receive their very well-earned certificates today marking their graduation from the Core Investigators Programme.” The newly constructed Crime Management College was recently completed and handed over by the European Union to the Ministry of Interior in February this year with the purpose of developing of a center of excellence for specialist training and education in the field of Criminal Investigation to current and future senior leaders and detective officers. According to Tom Stabler, the Crime Management College is focused on specialist investigative training, and “as a result of the high quality training and education that this college is now delivering, this will make a difference in improving the quality and standards of criminal investigation across Afghanistan.” In his opinion, this “will undoubtedly benefit the citizens and communities of Afghanistan.” For more pictures click here: https://flickr/photos/eupolafgmedia/sets/72157645651493203/ #EUPOL Website: eupol-afg.eu/?q=node/527
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