Manila—The U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) hosted
22 Philippine National Police (PNP) officers from the newly-formed Philippine
Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) for an intensive three-week
International Task Force Agent Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center (FLETC) in Brunswick, Georgia, from January 16 to February 2. While there, the local Filipino-American community
came together to welcome the 22 police officers with home-cooked meals and
fellowship.
At the training, HSI and
FLETC instructors led rigorous sessions for the TCIU members on entry and
defensive tactics, investigative techniques, interviews and interrogations,
evidence collection, surveillance, and undercover operations.
TCIUs investigate crimes with
a nexus to both the United States and the host country and are a partnership
between HSI and local law enforcement.
The Philippines is the first Asian country to host a TCIU.
“TCIU Philippines will first
focus on those who travel to the Philippines to exploit children,” explained
Ransom Avilla, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ HSI Attaché. PNP Team Leader Major Jeorge Francis Rodrin added,
“The TCIU officers came from different fields of expertise within the PNP and
grew as one during this training.
Together, the TCIU will fight crime to give justice to victims of
abuse.”
Out of the 12 TCIUs
worldwide, the Philippine TCIU is notable for its high proportion of female
officers, with 13 women out of 22 members. (US Embassy news)
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