US college helps police set up DNA data base
source: BOPA
24 October, 2007
GABORONE- The Sam Houston University College of Criminal Justice in the United States has agreed to help the the Botswana Police Service establish a national DNA database, a species identification system, an illicit drug detection system in body fluids, training in toxicology and crime scene reconstruction.
A press release from the Botswana Police Service says Commissioner Thebeyame Tsimako recently visited the university to operationalise a memorandum of understanding signed between the two institutions in 2006.
The president of the university, which is in Houston, Texas, assured Mr Tsimako that it would help with training to promote human resource development and capacity building.
The memorandum of understanding is for the provision of technical assistance in forensic science, law enforcement training, a graduate exchange programme and the sponsoring of police officers.
According to the press release, the university has agreed to [continue reading]
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