Crime On The Rise: RBPF
By Husin Ismail

Bandar Seri Begawan - Last year saw the number of crime cases in Brunei rise from the previous year, according to an officer of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF).

Corporal Low Kui Lia said the police force is preparing to tackle the challenge and ensure that criminality will not worsen further.

He, however, declined to release figures on crime cases, pending approval by the RBPF leadership, which yesterday concluded the conduct of a general investigation course.

"We were trained on how to deal with general crime cases from the very beginning of the investigation and bringing them up to the court level, ' said Low.

The course also guided the 30 police officers on proper and effective ways for police stations to liaise in solving crime cases.

The 12-days course had lecturers who were trained overseas and have specialised in certain aspects of crime investigation.

"Throughout this course, we were putting what we had known about investigation into practice with proper supervision by our trained instructors," added Low.

Some of the training staff were trained in the United Kingdom, Italy, the US, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

"It was a good training approach to have locals handle the training because they were raised here and are more Finniliar with how criminals here react to police investigation,", Low said.

Criminals are getting smarter nowadays, said Lance Corporal Ainee Metassan.

"Throughout this course, we gained confidence in investigating certain cases assigned to us," she said.

She added: As the number or criminals is increasing over time, this course helps us to deal with these cases efficiently."

Acting ACP Pg Abd Wahab Pg Omar, Director of Investigation and Traffic, Investigation Department and Traffic, was guest of honour at the certificate presentations.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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