AMISOM supports criminal investigations at Baidoa Police Station
AMISOM Police component in Baidoa Sector Three have donated an assortment of items including a camera, to their Somali counterparts to enhance criminal investigations.
Major Issa Ali, the head of Criminal Investigations of Baidoa Police Station received the items on behalf of the Somali Police Force (SPF)
Present at the handover ceremony were the Station Commander Major Muktar Ibrahim and his deputy Major Ali Salat.
Major Ali thanked the AMISOM Police team for the support and was particularly grateful for the camera, which he said would boost gathering and preservation of photographic evidence.
“The camera will help us most in managing scenes of crime,” he said, adding that documentation is critical to the work on the police.
The AMISOM Police team pledged to continue undertaking mentoring activities as part of capacity building of the Somali Police Force.
Theresa Awelo, the AMISOM Police team leader encouraged the Somali Police investigators to focus on responsive “investigations that will cause positive impact within the community.”
Source : Coast Week