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Celebrating Innovation: FCN announces week-long research festival September 6 - 10
We’re bringing together the worlds of operational policing and cutting-edge academic research w/c 6th September. With a keynote address from Professor Paul Taylor (Chief Scientific Advisor to UK Policing) and speakers on 15 fascinating topics, it promises to be unmissable. Book your place now!
What do we mean by ‘accreditation’ in relation to Forensic Science in Policing?
, 12 July 2021
The term accreditation is used a lot in policing and often with a different meaning depending on the context. Legal representatives are accredited, so are firearms officers, and national IT systems and training courses. So understandably when the term accreditation is used for forensic science activity it’s not always readily understood. FCN Director of Quality, Deborah Pendry explains.
“Accreditation is not optional”: NPCC Forensic Quality Lead, Chris Porter
, 8 July 2021
As part of our accreditation month this July, NPCC's Forensic Quality Lead, Chris Porter, shares his insights and advice on the "complex and dynamic" area of crime scene examination and accreditation. Read the guest blog here.
Coronavirus guidance
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What do we mean by ‘accreditation’ in relation to Forensic Science in Policing?
, 12 July 2021
The term accreditation is used a lot in policing and often with a different meaning depending on the context. Legal representatives are accredited, so are firearms officers, and national IT systems and training courses. So understandably when the term accreditation is used for forensic science activity it’s not always readily understood. FCN Director of Quality, Deborah Pendry explains.