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Chief Constable of the Police Service Northern Ireland

PSNI Scientific Support Branch, Identification Bureau, Seapark, 151 Belfast Road, BT38 8PL, Carrickfergus, United Kingdom

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UKAS certificate 8386 · 4 lines

Line	Method	Matrix	Range
1	-	Metal Show page text Extracted from the scope document; tables may not line up. View scope for the original. Assessment Manager: VR Page 1 of 4 Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2 Pine Trees, Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HR, UK 8386 Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Chief Constable of the Police Service Northern Ireland Issue No: 013 Issue date: 06 November 2025 PSNI Scientific Support Branch Fingerprint Bureau Seapark 151 Belfast Road Carrickfergus BT38 8PL United Kingdom Contact: William Tweed Tel: +44 (0) 2890 65222 – Ext -29133 E-Mail: william.tweed@psni.police.uk Testing performed at the above address only DETAIL OF ACCREDITATION Materials/Products tested Type of test/Properties measured/Range of measurement Standard specifications/ Equipment/Techniques used MARKS AND IMPRESSIONS Forensic Analysis Fingermarks Any material which is capable of retaining friction ridge marks Enhancement of fingermarks and palm marks Documented In-House Methods using chemical and physical enhancement techniques (method numbers provided in brackets) : - Cyanoacrylate (CNA) Fuming (FEL/SOP/03) - Basic Yellow 40 (BY40) ethanol based (FEL/SOP/03) - Ninhydrin (FEL/SOP/01) - Indandione (FEL/SOP/017) - Powder Suspensions (FEL/SOP/04) Carbon based - black Titanium dioxide based-white Iron oxide based-black - Powdering Techniques (FEL/SOP/5): Black granular powder Aluminium flake powder Magnetic powder Fluorescent Powders - Lifting techniques (FEL/SOP/05) Adhesive Tape Black gelatine - Vacuum Metal Deposition (Au/Zn) (FEL/SOP/06)	-
2	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	-	See scope document
3	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	Oil	-
4	-	FRICTION RIDGE DETAIL Show page text Extracted from the scope document; tables may not line up. View scope for the original. 8386 Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2 Pin e Tre e s, Ch e rts ey La n e , Sta ine s -u po n-Tha me s , TW18 3 HR, UK Chief Constable of the Police Service Northern Ireland Issue No: 013 Issue date: 06 November 2025 Testing performed at main address only Assessment Manager: VR Page 4 of 4 Materials/Products tested Type of test/Properties measured/Range of measurement Standard specifications/ Equipment/Techniques used FRICTION RIDGE DETAIL Finger and Palm (Non-Cadaver) Analysis, comparison, and evaluation of Friction Ridge Detail as outlined below for the purpose of: - Criminal Investigation - Elimination Databases Marks - CSI/FEL Recovered Lifts from physical scenes - CSI/FEL Photographs of marks from physical scene - Fingerprint Enhancement Laboratory Recovered Lifts from physical items - Fingerprint Enhancement Laboratory Photographs of marks from physical items Comparison with Ten Print - Ink - Powder - Livescan Documented in house procedures using visual manual techniques: - Fingerprint glass - Reference collections - Comparators (optical) - High Quality Printer Ten Prints - Ink - Powder - Livescan Comparison with Marks - CSI/FEL Recovered Lifts from physical scenes - CSI/FEL Photographs of marks from physical scenes - Fingerprint Enhancement Laboratory Recovered Lifts from physical items - Fingerprint Enhancement Laboratory photographs of marks from physical exhibits Documented in house procedures using visual manual techniques: - Fingerprint glass - Reference collections - Comparators (optical) - High Quality Printer Opinion and Interpretation The evaluation of the significance of any matching and non-matching features between sources of friction ridge detail as outlined in the above scope of accreditation. Documented In-House methods using - Personal experience - database END	-

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PSNI Scientific Support Branch, Identification Bureau, Seapark, 151 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 8PL, GB

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