Forensic Identification Services
Training section
The Training Section is responsible for ensuring adequate training for
members of FIS and operating the uniform Scenes of Crime Officer
program. Member of FIS receive ongoing training in their duties
from the Ontario and Canadian Police Colleges. Recent initiatives
include having accredited Ontario Police College courses held
at FIS.
This section is also responsible for presentations to police
officers, crown attorneys, schools, colleges and universities. FIS currently
has an intern program with the forensic science programs of two Ontario
universities.
The SOCO Program
In 1991 the Metropolitan Toronto Police became the first police
service in Ontario to receive accreditation from the province
to teach the Scenes of Crime Officer course. Scenes of Crime Officers
are attached to the platoons of every uniform division in the Service.
They are taught crime scene investigation and photography skills to process
less complicated crime scenes, perform forensic evidence collection and
victim photography. SOCOs perform the majority of crime scene examinations
in Toronto.
Training SOCO students to make footwear casts
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