CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO—65 police commissioned
officers (PCOs) with the ranks of Police Superintendent down to Inspector
formally started the Investigation Officers Basic Course (IOBC) after a simple
opening ceremony here on December 17.
IOBC is a regular mandatory course for PCOs
to enhance their investigative skills and competency in the line of police
work.
As a frontline agency, Philippine National Police
officers and members become first responders to any crimes and other cases that
is why there is a need to ensure the credibility and legitimacy of the pieces
of evidence which are considered material for the conviction of persons accused
of a crime.
Police Sr. Supt. Moro Virgilio M. Lazo, deputy
regional director for administration and Officer-in-Charge PRO1, acted as the
guest of honor and speaker of the ceremony.
“We want our investigators both PCOs and
PNCOs here in Region 1 to be competitive in investigation. To this end, we are
fully supporting continuous investigative education by opening more relevant
trainings and workshops,” Lazo explained.
“All police assigned in the investigation
division are trained on the basics of criminal investigation, but not all have
specialized training in that particular field of police work,” he added.
Lazo said that PRO1 also aims a 100 percent
of PNP crime investigators especially those assigned in local police stations
to undergo specialized training on investigation. He explained that those without formal
trainings, despite their long years of experience in crime investigation,
should avail themselves right away because many of the old principles and
procedures of investigation have become obsolete and there is also a demand for
a modernized investigator due to the improvement of information and
communications technology.
Recently, PNP Spokesman P/Chief Supt.
Agrimero Cruz Jr. said that there shall be revisions of the programs of
instruction in entry level of basic training courses for policemen with greater
emphasis on police operations and investigations.
He added that the move is an enhancement of
the PNP’s “investigative capability project” that aims to further develop human
resources and formulation of needed basic and standard procedures in the
conduct of investigation of crimes.
Moreover, already incorporated into the
curriculum of the six-month Police Basic Recruit Course (PSBRC) or for those
still on training and under temporary status at Aringay, La Union, is a
training module on Basic Crime Investigation. (PNP Region I)
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