Philipsburg:--- On Tuesday April 12th at 09:30am, an agreement was signed at the Philipsburg Police Station, between the Chief of Police Chief Commissioner Peter de Witte, on behalf of the Minister of Justice Mr. Roland Duncan and the Nederlands Forensics Instituut (N.F.I.) represented by Richard Koning (Head of the Front Office International relations) and Judy Overveld (Account manager of the N.F.I.) also present was Mrs. Irene Simmons.
The Netherlands Forensic Institute (N.F.I.) provides forensic services to clients within the criminal justice chain, such as the Public Prosecution and police. N.F.I. experts concentrate on the provision of objective and if necessary multi disciplinary forensic analyses, with aim of improving the client's information position. The N.F.I. with over thirty forensic disciplines is the only institute in the Netherlands to offer such an extensive range of high-tech forensic services.
In continuation of this working relation, which existed between the other police forces prior to 10-10-10, the Police Force of Sint Maarten is the first to have formally signed into this agreement.