Who We Are
There are 600 highly trained and skilled scientists and staff in Forensic Services. They operate from five main laboratory sites. These sites are at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, as well as the Scottish Crime Campus in Gartcosh. Scene Examination teams are based throughout Scotland.
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What We Do
Forensic Services provides the whole service from the crime scene, through search, recovery, and analysis, to the court, reporting evidence. This ‘integrated provision’ ensures impartiality and integrity – key values in the criminal justice system. There is a ‘sterile corridor’ between Forensic Services and Police Scotland.
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How We Work
Forensic Services aims at the highest standard of quality and consistency in all aspects of the work it carries out. It performs inspection activities, and carries out tests in accordance with customers’ requirements, and fully validated methods, while maintaining the test facility’s economic viability.
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