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Examination: A file photo of a forensic expert looking for clues at a church which was attacked in Bangalore. — Bangalore: The State Government, with a view to curbing terrorism and major crimes, particularly in the light of the recent serial bomb blasts in Bangalore, has approved a scheme to train police constables in forensic science. It is part of an effort at modernising the State police and ensuring that they are tuned to the changing nature of crimes. Two police constables from each of the 876 police stations, covering all six police ranges and three police commissionerates in the State, will be trained under the programme set to be launched on October 13. Given the fact that police stations are short-staffed in most places, 876 police constables will be trained in the first phase. The second round of training will commence soon after the first phase, though tentatively in December. The 876 police stations include those of the railway police, women police and the traffic police. It has been called the fourth tier (forensic science) of extending scientific aid to investigation, and Karnataka, which is a leader in forensic science among the police forces of the country, is the first State to evolve such a system. On completion of training , the police constables concerned will be designated as crime scene constables, and with the scientific kit available at the police stations, they will be able to collect the relevant evidence soon after a major crime is reported — be it a bomb blast or even a murder. Most important“We are now in an era of terrorism, and consequently, a high degree of investigating skills is all the more necessary if major crimes have to be effectively tackled. The first few hours after a crime occurs are the most important in collecting evidence. With appropriate evidence, the detection of a crime is that much more easy. Hence, the decision to train police constables who are normally the first to reach a crime spot,” sources in the Police Department told The Hindu. Additional Director-General of Police (Crime and Technical Services), S.T. Ramesh, who has prepared the action plan for training crime constables in forensic science, said the trained constables would be a major asset to the crime branch of each police station. “They will be taught to collect all physical clues at a crime spot, and if need be, make it over to the regional forensic laboratories or to the State FSL in Bangalore.” The in-house training to the police constables will be imparted by forensic experts, including professors of forensic medicine of various medical colleges, fingerprint experts and the experts from the bomb disposal squad. Mr. Ramesh said an underlying feature in major crime spots was that the place was normally disturbed by people even before the crime branch police or other experts arrived. By rushing trained crime scene constables to the spot, the crime spot can be protected even if the constables are unable to retrieve any physical evidence. As an extension of the training programme, around 1,000 compact discs of the training module would be provided to all police stations in the State. Interested police personnel can also have a look and understand the features of the programme during their leisure. Presently, the forensic laboratories in the State function in a three-tier system — the main laboratory in Bangalore, regional laboratories in Belgaum, Gulbarga, Davangere, Mangalore and Mysore, and mobile forensic science laboratories in 21 districts. Based on requirements, the opinion of experts would be sought from the central laboratory in Bangalore.
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