The International conference on crime scene continued on Tuesday morning by holding workshops at the crime scene village of the Police College in Abu Dhabi and delivering specialized lectures at Al Etihad Auditorium.
Crime scene examiners at Abu Dhabi Police and other participants attended the activities of the conference which concludes on Wednesday.
Forensic advisor in Abu Dhabi Police and senior lecturer at the scientific support college in Britain, James Gallaher lauded the attention paid by Abu Dhabi Police to create crime scene department, which confirms its keenness to achieve the highest levels of criminal justice.
He presented a brief enlightenment on workshops and their contents including equipment, devices and scenarios for the crime scene. He believed that workshops and theoretical lectures complete each other.
Stephen Thompson, from the British Forensic Academy addressed investigation procedure at the fire location, in terms of entry; conducting test to know beginning of fire and how to collect evidences. He also talked about dealing with forensics and importance of having sense of security and skills by a fire scene examiner who must be fully trained to deal with chemical and biological materials.
Michael Losion, a crime scene instructor, delivered an open workshop on procedures of crime scene examination where a body has been buried. He spoke about how to deal with a crime scene in terms of a security cordon, rules of locating the body and procedures of recovering and examining it. He explained importance of photographs taken at the crime scene.
For his part, Col. Dr. Sultan Al Nuaimi, from Abu Dhabi Police, talked about information management as an effective strategy to deal with crime, in addition to its importance for the requirements of security apparatus towards organized crime.
First Lt. Abdurrahman Al Tamimi, head of crime scene village at Abu Dhabi police, gave a presentation on the training process for the personnel working at crime scene particularly crime scene examiners. He explained how they are scientifically and mentally prepared to deal with the contents of crime scene. He also reviewed cooperation between crime scene management and its counterparts in Britain and Australia in issues related to training and obtaining advanced courses.
On documents testing, Expert Christopher Davis presented the experience of England and Wales in handwriting match, as one of the most important forensic technologies. Also Bryan Williams spoke of the role of higher education institutions in supporting the field investigator in the present and in the future, as well as the certificates which investigators will obtain to develop their professional capabilities.
According to First Lt. Abdurrahman Al Tamimi, head of crime scene village, Abu Dhabi Police will get the academic accreditation of crime scene diploma by the middle of next month. All administrative and scientific requested by Stirling College and Scottish Police are now complete.
The first batch, he said, will consist of 30 female crime scene examiners and will receive 3-year training at the crime scene village in Abu Dhabi. “Members of this group represent the founding staff of crime scene department, and have all the conditions to join this diploma”, he added.