International

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

A comprehensive consultancy service for forensic laboratories and law enforcement agencies worldwide.
We employ over 100 scientists, many of whom are internationally-renowned experts in their fields. We cover all of the forensic disciplines and we are expert in applying the most appropriate and up-to-date techniques to a given situation.

Consultancy services typically include:

• Increasing skills or capacity in response to an operational need
• Improving performance – identifying pinch-points in processes and procedures
• Planning future service/capacity expansion
• Forensic performance audit and improvement of service delivery
• Forensic capacity planning and management
• Governance, Oversight and Quality Management
• Interaction between police staff and laboratory
• Maximisation of new technologies and techniques

TRAINING SERVICES

Training Solutions to meet your needs

Crime detection is becoming increasingly complex and forensic techniques are constantly improving in order to increase detection and conviction rates and reduce investigative time and costs.

Keeping pace with sophisticated new technology and techniques is essential for scientific staff if they are to deliver an effective and efficient service. Front line Police Officers also need to understand the forensic process and how to protect sensitive, vital evidence at the crime scene.

We offer a comprehensive range of training services, with packages tailored to deliver the right skills to the right people. We deliver Forensic Awareness training to Police Officers, and we train Forensic Scientists at all levels, in the very latest techniques and best practice.

Operating worldwide, and with the highest levels of expertise and accreditations, We provide consulting and training services to Governments and Law Enforcement Agencies across the globe.

A wide range of Training Programs now available:

• Basic Forensic Awareness/ Crime Scene Preservation (for police officers)
• DNA
• Blood Pattern Analysis
• Marks and Traces
• Drugs
• Handwriting and Questioned Documents
• Firearms, Gunshot Residue and Ballistics
• Digital Forensics
• Fires and Fire Investigation
• Particulates

(Training in any discipline not listed is available upon request).

BACKLOG REDUCTION

Detailed audit and evaluation of existing laboratory processes and procedures to identify bottlenecks and gaps. Recommendations for solutions and production of in-depth backlog reduction plans.

CRIME LABORATORY DESIGN AND SET UP

Full service -architectural design, equipment specification, workflow, chain of custody, quality management and forensic evidence processes and procedures.

Having set up our own UK forensic laboratories from scratch, we have the requisite expertise to design, build and resource brand new laboratory facilities, update existing laboratories or manage laboratory expansion programmes. All with a focus on the very highest quality standards and use of the latest technology.