Operational Policing

Forensic Science Regulator

This section provides information on the Forensic Science Regulator (the Regulator). The Regulator is a public appointee whose function is to ensure that the provision of forensic science services across the criminal justice system is subject to an appropriate regime of scientific quality standards.

In this section you will find regular updates on the work of the Regulator, and how forensic science standards are being applied across the criminal justice system (CJS), including:

• Quality standards applying to organisations and scientific processes
• Guidelines for validating new developments in forensic science
• Competence standards applying to individual forensic practitioners.

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