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In what may infuse better professionalism into investigation, safety of crime scene and its reconstruction, Karnataka is about to have a separate cadre of ‘scene of crime officers’, a primary within the nation.

The pool will create sources who specialize in identification, assortment and preservation of proof on the scene of crime, and figuring out, recording and amassing proof on the crime scene. The officers can have an equal rank of police sub-inspector and will likely be a part of the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will give an official order on Tuesday to recruit 206 officers.

At current, it’s only in sensational instances that forensic consultants from the FSL go to the scene of crime and information investigating officers. In most instances, the crime scene administration is finished by the police personnel. “In India, crime scene management has been a neglected area of crime investigation. There is no dedicated manpower with grounding in forensic science,” an inside be aware stated.

As a part of the reorganisation of FSL, a separate vertical for crime scene administration had been created in 2015, and 33 district scientific support items (DSAUs) in Karnataka had been to have a number of police personnel skilled in dealing with proof. But this didn’t materialise due to varied causes.

“Poor handling of evidence by investigating officers has many a time resulted in the destruction of crucial evidence before they are taken up for analysis,” the be aware stated. Crucial proof could also be missed or collected proof could also be degraded owing to improper dealing with and packing, it added.

Furthermore, as consultants in sections of firearms and physics can be found solely on the FSL, Bengaluru, the accessible useful resource pool has to journey to crime scenes throughout Karnataka, and lots of occasions could not be capable to go to the scene instantly.

Once operational with 206 ‘scene of crime’ officers deployed throughout 33 DSAUs, they are going to be deployed in instances involving crime in opposition to ladies and youngsters, crimes in opposition to weaker sections, and people who advantage punishment of greater than seven years.

In phases

Additional Director-General of Police (Crime and Technical Services) R. Hitendra stated the officers could be recruited in phases and the recruitment guidelines had been being finalised. “Two or three officers will be deployed in each district in the first phase. It will take about a year for these officers to be deployed after the process of recruitment and training is completed,” he stated.