Sunday, January 27, 2008 Police to use Norsu crime lab By Syril G. Repe
THE Negros Oriental State University's (Norsu) Crime Laboratory used by the university's Criminology students is better equipped than the province's Police Provincial Laboratory.
Police Chief Inspector Ramonit Javier said the university's laboratory has a polygraph lie detection machine, a bullet comparison microscope that can view two objects at the same time, a photo macrograph, weighing scales, bullet recovery tube, and police line tapes, among others compared with province's crime laboratory which can only determine the presence of illegal drugs.
Police Provincial Director Melvin Ramon Buenafe said a draft memorandum of agreement between Norsu and the Philippine National Police (PNP) was presented to the peace advocates during a meeting last Tuesday.
Buenafe said University President Dr. Henry Sojor has offered its crime laboratory facilities for use by the PNP investigators. This means that examination of physical evidence collected and submitted by different units of the PNP and other government investigative agencies will now be conducted at the Norsu crime laboratory.
The Norsu crime laboratory will help in coming up with immediate solutions to crimes such as illegal possession of firearms and illegal drugs, among other cases.
