Description: The module’s main objectives are:

  1. To provide the Command Team with knowledge on current policy, procedures, and trends in the field of NATO biometrics.
  2. To introduce basic knowledge and the understanding of the necessity of proper evidence collection/handling as well as preservation of a crime scene.

Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the trainees will be able to:

    1. Explain biometrics.
    2. Describe the biometrics collection process and principles.
    3. Explain Biometrics Enabled Intelligence.
    4. Describe Biometrics Enabled Watch List (BEWL).
    5. List biometrics collection methods and quality requirements.
    6. Comprehend the importance of evidence collection during MIOs and apply the basic principles.
    7. Understand the requirement to preserve the crime scene.

The duration of the module is 2 training hours of classroom lectures.