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Police officers graduate from FBI interview courses
Proper interrogation is one of the keys to crime solving, and the Guyana Police Force has
US Ambassador D. Brent Hardt (seated at centre) with course participants and other officials during yesterday’s graduation ceremony
been greatly enhanced in this area after 35 senior officers received specialized training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The ranks were presented with certificates yesterday after completing the FBI Interview and Interrogation Course and the Basic Criminal Investigator Course. Training was held in Guyana and began last Tuesday.
This training is part of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), which was launched by President Obama in April 2009 at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
United States Ambassador D. Brent Hardt attended the graduation ceremony, which was held at the Guyana Police Force Training Centre, Eve Leary.
Addressing participants, Ambassador Hardt noted that the initiative was part of his Government’s commitment to work with Caribbean countries to combat transnational crime. He said that to ensure a safer and more prosperous environment, the US must “work with all stakeholders within Guyana and the Region to develop the capacity to counter international threats.
The Force has been dogged by recent allegations of subjecting detained individuals to inhumane treatment during interrogations. Several high profile murder cases have also collapsed over the years after judges tossed out ‘confession statements’ that appeared to have been forcibly obtained.
Last month, the Guyana Police Force also received a significant boost from the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) after Ambassador Hardt formally handed over a sophisticated Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (AFIS) to the Guyana Police Force.
Police said that the fingerprinting technology has already helped local lawmen solve some 63 cases, including three murders, 53 break and enter and larceny cases and four robbery under arms matters.
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