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Police must enhance skills, capacity to combat cybercrime: IGP
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir on Sunday said there is no alternative to enhancing the skills and capacity of police personnel to combat cybercrime.
He made the remarks while inaugurating a 10-day Training of Trainers (ToT) course on investigation of cybercrime cases at the Police Staff College Bangladesh in Mirpur in the city on Sunday.
“Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, encrypted communication systems and cloud computing have opened new avenues of opportunities, but at the same time created new challenges for law enforcement agencies,” the IGP said.
He said criminals are abusing technology to commit cyber-based fraud, online financial crimes, data theft, hacking, online harassment and digital extortion.
“Changes in the nature of policing have become a demand of the time to tackle the growing cybercrime. Developing investigation capacity to combat cybercrime is extremely essential for modern policing,” he said.
Addressing the police officers attending the training, the IGP said the course would help them acquire not only technical skills but also training and communication skills.
“The knowledge and skills gained through the training must be disseminated among other investigators,” he said, adding that effective training of other investigators would multiply the number of cybercrime case investigators.
The IGP thanked the Training Wing of Police Headquarters and the Police Staff College Bangladesh for arranging the timely training and stressed the need for regularly organising such training and updating training materials and modules.
Police Staff College Bangladesh Rector and Additional IGP Kazi Md Fazlul Karim presided over the programme, while CID chief and Additional IGP Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain attended as a special guest.
DIG (Training) Md Ekramul Habib delivered the welcome address, while Additional DIG (Training-2) Dr Mosammat Shehela Parveen presented the roadmap and implementation strategy for cybercrime investigation training.
Faculty members and resource persons of Police Staff College Bangladesh were also present.
The Police Staff College Bangladesh organised the 10-day course at the initiative of the Training Branch of Police Headquarters.
A total of 332 police officers participating in the ToT course will, in phases, provide training to field-level investigators of cybercrime cases, reports UNB.