MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

Lifting and developing latent fingerprints
Blood analysis to determine presence' (not type)
Ultra Violet and Black Light examination
Ballistic examinations
Moulage and plaster of Paris reproductions -
Hair, fiber and paint analysis
Glass, metal, and wood fractures
Tool marks
Fingerprint restoration from decomposed bodies
All photo and microphoto work
Petrographic examinations
7. Mr. Heiby advised that now that' the Crime Laboratory is function­
ing satisfactorily and General Headquarters Laboratory'Personnel have
been trained, it is anticipated that specialized training will be given
to technicians and officers from the Provincial Headquarters.
D. Flving Brigade
1. The Director General and the Public Safety Team reviewed the
troops of the Police Flying Brigade on 24 October. This is a mobile
riot squad composed of highly disciplined professional troops.
2. Approximately 40% of the Brigade are Senegalese veterans who
came to Madagascar with the French army to put down the 1947 insurrection.
When they were demobilized, they stayed in the island and acquired
Malagasy citizenship.
3. The Brigade is under the command of M. Trotet, a very able and
perianable French officer. The other officers are of Senegalese origin,
while the officer candidates and remaining troops are Malagasy.
4. The force is organized into four sections, each commanded by a
Second Lieutenant. The sections are subdivided into four squads, each
commanded by a Non-Commissioned officer. The personnel distribution is
as follows:
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