Police officers receive training in combating cybercrime

A number of officers in the Sri Lanka police force recently underwent a training program to enhance their capacity to combat cybercrime.

The initial Training of Trainers (ToT) program on Cybercrime First Responder for Law Enforcement was conducted recently from 4-8 November at the Sri Lanka Police College. Fifteen police officers including two Senior Gazetted Officers received their certificates at the conclusion of the program.

This program is a special training module included in the Global Action on Cybercrime (GLACY) project of the Council of Europe, with the preliminary objective of enhancing the capacity of law enforcement officers to combat cybercrime.

The course was conducted by representatives of the Council of Europe Mick Jamaison and Andrea Bradley and observed by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) representatives with the assistance of IT Division, Police Headquarters.

The Police Department said the training program, where trained officers were assigned the task of training police officers on how to secure, search and seize goods, in a crime scene in order to collect and preserve electronic evidence to be admissible in court, was a success.