image: Commandant of the College Lt. Col. Ammar M. Al Sayed and Brig. Gen. Dr. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa with PVC Professor Andrew Ball and Dr. Mosttafa Alghadhi. view more
Credit: Photo courtesy of the Bahrain Interior Ministry
LECTURERS from the University of Huddersfield will train Bahraini police officers in the latest crime scene investigation techniques.
The University is home to a multi-disciplinary Secure Societies Institute (SSI), and this has led to its selection by Bahrain's Royal Academy of Policing to provide an MSc course in Security Science.
Ten lecturers from Huddersfield will pay two-week visits to the Gulf state, teaching subjects that include forensic science and how to gather and present evidence at crime scenes. Other key topics include cyber-crime, investigative psychology and criminology.
There are already 26 officers enrolled on the course, which will be delivered by staff from three of the University of Huddersfield's academic schools - Human and Health Sciences, Applied Sciences and Computing and Engineering.
The Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, visited the Bahrain's Interior Ministry at the inauguration of the course.
His Royal Highness was received by Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior, who thanked the Chancellor for his visit and praised the high standard of education offered by the University of Huddersfield and its co-operation with the Royal Academy of Police in introducing the masters programme.
The programme was designed to meet the requirements of the Royal Academy of Police students and has been introduced as part of the Academy's efforts to expose its officers to international police experiences, improve their leadership skills and enable them to solve security issues effectively and at an advanced level.
His Royal Highness and the Minister also met the officers attending the programme.
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