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CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Officials with Naval Criminal Investigative Service Resident Agency Okinawa and the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Provost Marshal's Office held an educational tour on Camp Foster Jan. 31 for members of the Okinawa Prefecture Police Department.
The purpose of the tour was to build on existing relations between the two nations' law enforcement personnel.
"We work hand-in-hand on a regular basis," said Edward Denion, a supervisory special agent with NCIS. "We don't want our only experiences together to be when a U.S. service member messes up."
"We work with NCIS and PMO on a daily basis, but we still don't know much about each other," said Akihiko Chibana, a foreign cases investigator with the Okinawa Prefecture Police Department. "We don't understand the structure and procedures of each other's agencies."
The tour began at the NCIS building on Camp Foster with a presentation for the Japanese police.
"We want them to know what we are, who we are, and how we operate," Denion said.
After the presentation, PMO personnel showed the Japanese police some of their equipment and facilities, such as breathalyzers, police vehicles, military working dogs, weapons and a mobile command post.
"We wanted them to have at least a basic understanding of the equipment we work with and of our operations," said Maj. Bernard Hess, the MCB provost marshal.
During the tour, Hess showed how PMO is organized – to better help the Japanese police understand who to contact for specific information in the future.
"Tours like these help to establish a professional and even a personal relationship with our Japanese counterparts," he said.
The training was part of a five-day international investigation course the prefecture police department holds annually.
"I feel that in the future we will be able to have better coordination," Chibana said.
| Date Taken: | 02.08.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 02.10.2008 18:57 |
| Story ID: | 16217 |
| Location: | CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JP |
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