Photo By Maj. Rebecca Walsh | Graduates from Advanced Forensic Training along with instructors from the JEFF lab...... read more read more
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq — The first combined Iraqi olice and Iraqi army class graduated from the Crime Scene Investigations Course, March 22.
After three months of hard work, four Iraqi police investigating officers and one Iraqi army officer earned certificates of completion from instructors at the Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facility 4.
According to graduate Lt. Col. Ibrahim with the 4th Iraqi Army Division, the combined class was the first step to further joint forensic and evidence collection efforts between the Iraqi army and Iraqi police.
"Always big goals start with small steps. The biggest step here is cooperation with Iraqi army and Iraqi police to work together and complete what we wanted to complete," he said.
Maj. Donald R. Meeks, officer in charge of the JEFF lab has overseen the graduation of three classes. For him, the class was not just about teaching forensics capabilities but also about mentoring and sharing.
"As I wrap up my year here in Iraq, I think about all the friendships and partnerships I've developed," he told the graduates "we've learned that grilled fish can be very good and we also learned that Americans can make chai...this is the partnership that we have developed."
During the course, Iraqi criminal investigators were taught how to exploit biometric and forensic evidence to support evidence based investigations. The training was conducted in the JEFF lab, one of three remaining U.S. facilities in Iraq with the capability to analyze DNA and examine latent fingerprints and firearm residue from crime scenes.
"These are the experts in the field," said Maj. Vic Baezan, advisor to the Provincial Chief of Police, who is deployed to northern Iraq with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.
"With God's permission there will be more and more classes...we have the equipment and training, now we can go on and do our work," said one graduate, confident that with his new knowledge he can assist the investigation process.
| Date Taken: | 03.22.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.28.2010 10:01 |
| Story ID: | 47340 |
| Location: | TIKRIT |
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