Your Role as a Witness: A Handbook for Ugandan Wildlife Law Enforcers

Law enforcement officers including rangers, dog handlers and other law enforcement personnel are bound to go to court as witnesses in wildlife cases. Unfortunately, their training does not prepare them for their role as witnesses in criminal trials and they lack skills in recording witness statements, understanding court procedures and often crumble under cross-examination. 

This Witness Handbook is designed to help Wildlife Rangers and other law enforcement personal involved in wildlife crime to find their way through the court system once they become witnesses to a wildlife crime and are required to give their testimony. The Handbook addresses issues related to witness testimony from the pre-trial phase to trial and finally the post-trial phase.