By The Star Staff
Institute of Forensic Sciences (ICF by its initials in Spanish) Executive Director Dr. María Conte Miller and Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa announced Thursday that the new Technical Services Academy, which concludes in January, will have complete training in forensic disciplines for the investigation of crime scenes.
“The Institute of Forensic Sciences has expanded its collaborative efforts with the Police Bureau so that all police regions have highly trained personnel for scene investigations,” Conte Miller said. “The primary purpose is that the new agents who join this division comply with the protocols and quality standards, and learn about the new technologies that we apply in all the investigations of the cases we receive.”
López Figueroa added that “with this education and technical training initiative, we seek to strengthen the investigative services performed by our agents with the purpose of standardizing investigative processes, accepting the [ICF] recommendations, and being in compliance with the standards of the National Policing Institute.”
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s technical services agents investigate crime scenes in the various police regions. Training is one of the initiatives that the two agencies conduct jointly to strengthen the investigation and solving of criminal cases.
The 33 officers who make up the Technical Services Academy will receive a complete training program in the disciplines of DNA, ballistics (firearms), forensic anthropology, forensic pathology and scene investigation. The educational program, which is divided into two groups, lasts three weeks, ending on Jan. 21.
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