A team of experts headed by retired military Colonel in the United States Army, Jerry Torres has met with the Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police, William Fayia Sellu to plan training for Sierra Leone Police on Cyber Law.
Jerry Torres said the purpose of their visit was to get a firsthand information about the success of the cyber lab and to further provide advance training, develop additional software in a bid to capacitate and enhance the cyber personnel to be able to do data tracking, data analysis from cell phones, and cyber forensic training.
Mr Torres said that he was pleased to meet with IGP Fayia Sellu and team and also praised his remarkable leadership role in making sure that the cyber lab of the SLP becomes very effective and functional.
He was further pleased that IGP Sellu and a cross section of the Executive Management Board, gave him the opportunity to meet with personnel of the Cyber Investigation Unit and talked about the development of training that would equip them with more knowledge.
The Inspector General thanked Jerry and team for the exceptional support and knowledge provided in setting up the cyber lab, which he said has yielded dividend in fighting cyber related crimes in the country.
Setting up the cyber lab, according to IGP Fayia Sellu, had helped the SLP to apprehend, investigate and prosecute several offenders, adding that most of the cyber related cases investigated by the Unit have been charged to court, and that the Unit now significantly helps the Court in the dispensation of justice.
“I always boast of the cyber lab as one of the best in Africa and second to South Africa” IGP Sellu opined.
Noting that, plans are underway to work with Immigration, the National Civil Registration Authority and the mobile network operators (MNOs) to easily trace and track cyber offenders. And that with the national identification number (NIN), the SLP can easily trace and track offenders.
He called on network operators to desist from selling activated Sim cards to customers on the streets. This, he noted, has been impeding cyber related investigations.
Mr. Sellu acknowledged that working with these three bodies aforementioned will help the Cyber Investigation Unit to trace and track any cyber related crime in the country.
