The Grand Ducal Police will host an international facial reconstruction training course in Luxembourg from 3 to 7 August. Police officers from the Benelux countries and the Greater Region will take part, alongside two officers from Abu Dhabi.
The course was organised at the initiative of the Grand Ducal Police and will be supported by Joe Mullins of George Mason University's School of Forensic Science in the United States. Its aim is to train participants in facial reconstruction techniques so that they can later serve as specialists within their respective departments.
The technique is mainly used in criminal investigations when victims can no longer be identified. Facial reconstruction makes it possible to model a person's face based on the structure of their skull, helping investigators establish their identity.
In 2025, the Grand Ducal Police sent two officers to the United States for several weeks of training. They are now among the small number of police specialists in Europe able to use the technique.
According to a police statement, the Grand Ducal Police has also established Europe's first official in-house police unit offering facial reconstruction services.
