QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT - Police Reform Programme
QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT - Police Reform Programme
QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT - Police Reform Programme
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Reform</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (Phase-II)<br />
Activity 3.2.2: Support Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> to enhance the capacity of Criminal Investigation<br />
Department, Special Branch and Detective Branch to deal more<br />
professionally with serious and transnational crime, financial crime, money<br />
laundering, crime against life and property and terrorism.<br />
Facilitate working group to review specialist investigations capacity of CID SB<br />
and DB. To identify opportunities to improve response to serious and<br />
transnational crime, financial crime, money laundering, crime against life and<br />
property and terrorism.<br />
Enhanced Investigations Skills Training conducted<br />
PRP presented two training sessions to mid-ranking investigators participating in the Enhanced<br />
Investigations Skills Training conducted at the Detective Training School. The PRP presentation<br />
provided participants with an overview of the newly enacted anti-trafficking legislation and<br />
outlined the main considerations when conducting investigations into human trafficking cases.<br />
Provided further support to the Serious Crime Investigations Working Group to enhance<br />
response to investigations as per draft discussion papers and recommendations from<br />
International Conference.<br />
PRP facilitated a consultation process involving senior police and the drafting committee of the<br />
Implementing Rules for the Human Trafficking Deterrence and Suppression Act to ensure that<br />
Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> had input into the drafting process of this important legislation. The<br />
consultations had a strong focus on the investigations process, protection and support to victims<br />
and on enhancing international cooperation on combating transnational human trafficking crimes.<br />
PRP facilitated a workshop with the Serious Crimes Investigation Working Group in order to<br />
identify the key areas for PRP support to the CID and serious crime investigation during 2013.<br />
The Working Group also discussed the draft Concept Note on Enhancing the Investigation of<br />
Serious Crime and participants provided a wide range of inputs related to serious crime<br />
investigations that will be reflected in the revised draft. The Working Group also requested PRP<br />
to consider supporting the following areas in 2013:<br />
• Training for investigators in blood splatter analysis, arson and explosives<br />
investigations.<br />
• Wide ranging support to homicide investigation.<br />
• Forensic related support (supervisors to be trained in crime scene management<br />
including a ToT component).<br />
• Training for Chemical Lab and CID experts in scientific analysis.<br />
• Developing the ballistic analysis capacity of CID.<br />
• Information technology training for CID staff<br />
• DNA collection training<br />
On 5 th September 2012 PRP attended a meeting chaired by the Commissioner of the DMP and<br />
attended by approximately 40 of the most senior DMP officers to discuss the restructuring of the<br />
DMP Detective Branch from a geographically based structure to a structure based on the<br />
investigations of specific crime types, e.g. a unit for homicide investigations. PRP provided<br />
26 Quarterly Progress Report | July - September 2012<br />
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