Fit for the future: how the FCN works
The FCN is new way of working that helps harness our collective forensic science efforts; transform our forensic science landscape; make our respective forensic science capabilities so much more than the sum of their individual parts; and help us deliver the first-class policing and law enforcement services.
The FCN consists of three main elements:
People
A network made up of all our forensic science professionals, who will share skills and expertise to improve standards and be able to share workload to increase resilience.
Service
A core team helping to define, co-ordinate and orchestrate forensic service delivery, focus investment and engage with the marketplace to continually improve forensic capabilities across law enforcement.
Technology
A platform and toolset providing the technology to connect and enhance forces’ existing forensic capabilities and enabling them to share work by using common processes and policies.
What’s changing?
In its broadest terms, the FCN is a community of all its members’ forensic science capabilities and expertise: still owned and managed locally but benefitting from a level of collective investment, focus, networking and support that has never been possible before.
