Overview
- The state government announced on Tuesday that 32 top performers were chosen from 600 officers who completed six intensive 40-day forensic training batches.
- The selected officers are now receiving master training at UPSIFS in Lucknow that uses artificial day and night crime scenes to test practical skills in securing and preserving evidence.
- The curriculum covers search and seizure rules, crime-scene notes, photography and videography, identification and collection of evidence, and scientific handling of fingerprints and blood samples to prevent contamination.
- Officials say the 'Special 32' will form a central specialist pool to strengthen district-level crime-scene management across 75 districts and to act as trainers in the existing cascade training system.
- The programme is presented as part of a push from the state leadership to add scientific rigour to investigations, but officials have not published deployment plans, performance metrics, or detailed operational procedures.