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Guidance on using legal limits in the prosecution of drug-driving offences.
Provides guidance and advice on validation stages and how the process can be applied within the digital forensic sciences.
Notification regarding the use of drug testing kits and devices for rapid drug identification under the Home Office Circular 015/2012.
Guidance for the assessment, collection and recording of forensic science related evidence in sexual assault examinations.
Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Guidance for forensic service providers on using cell site data.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
FSA-BIO 100 covers the forensic medical examination of complainants. This FSA will be coming under the FSR Code of Practice in October 2025.
Notification on the consultation to the proposed changes to FSA – BIO 200 and FSA – BIO 201 and related glossary terms in version 2 of the code.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Standards and guidance for those forensic practitioners providing relationship testing services using autosomal DNA short tandem repeat profiling.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Notification sets out the position statement of the regulator on the status of the defunct Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP) register.
Notification on the Forensic Science Regulator’s press release following Greater Manchester Police’s statement of 29 November 2024 concerning suspected data manipulation at Randox Testing Services and Trimega Laboratories.
This guidance sets out the general approach for the validation of software with specific focus on the requirements for DNA mixture interpretation.
This guidance shows readers how to recognise cognitive bias and therefore help to safeguard against biasing effects.
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
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