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Notification regarding the use of drug testing kits and devices for rapid drug identification under the Home Office Circular 015/2012.
Guidance on the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases for practitioners, DNA process personnel, kit manufacturers and database operators.
Guidance for practitioners on autosomal STR relationship testing, replacing FSR‑G‑228. Principles also apply to other autosomal markers like In/Dels and SNPs.
This guidance shows readers how to recognise cognitive bias and therefore help to safeguard against biasing effects.
Notification on the declarations required by the Forensic Science Regulator code of practice.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
How to control and avoid contamination in laboratory activities involving DNA evidence recovery and analysis.
Guidance on the requirements for method validation in the codes of practice and conduct.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Notification on the consultation to the proposed changes to the FSA-specific requirements for FSA DTN 102, analyses of blood samples for s5A drug driving.
Notification on a procedural error related to the use of certified reference materials in the undertaking of FSA- DTN 102.
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.
Notification on the broad risks the Regulator has identified in the forensic science activity of estimating vehicle speed from video footage.
The regulator commissioned advice on the interpretation of DNA evidence.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering digital forensic services.
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