United Kingdom

Chief Constable of Essex Police

Essex Police Headquarters, Sandford Road, CM1 6DN, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

UKAS 7888ISO/IEC 17025Register refreshed 2026-11-06

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Scope lines: 12
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UKAS certificate 7888 · 12 lines

Line	Method	Matrix	Range
1	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	-	-
2	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	-	-
3	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	Blood	-
4	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	water	-
5	-	Fingermarks; Any material which is capable of retaining friction ridge marks Show page text Extracted from the scope document; tables may not line up. View scope for the original. 7888 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 Essex Police Issue No: 043 Issue date: 01 October 2025 Testing performed by the Organisation at the locations specified Assessment Manager: ZR Page 5 of 12 Materials/Products tested Type of test/Properties measured/Range of measurement Standard specifications/ Equipment/Techniques used Location Code MARKS AND IMPRESSIONS (cont’d) Forensic Analysis (cont’d) The organisation has demonstrated compliance to the Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements: • Friction Ridge Detail: visualisation and enhancement Fingermarks Any material which is capable of retaining friction ridge marks (cont’d) Enhancement of fingermarks, palm marks and plantar marks (cont’d) Documented In-House Methods using visual and lighting enhancement techniques B - Visual examination - White Light (SOPCEL017) - High Intensity Light Sources (SOPCEL025 / 026 / 027) - Crime-Lite 82S UV (λ=350-380nm) Blue (λ=420- 470nm) Green (λ=480- 560nm) - Laser Green (λ=532nm) - Crimelite ML Blue (λ =420- 470nm) Documented In-House Methods for imaging / digital capture (SOPCEL030 / 046 / 047) - DCS5 (SOPCEL030) - Digital SLR (SOPCEL046 / 047) B Developed fingerprint marks Determination of the presence of friction ridge characteristics for the purpose of subsequent comparison Documented In-House methods using visual examination (SOPCEL018) B	-
6	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	Marks; Ten Prints	-
7	ISO/IEC 17025:2017	MARKS AND IMPRESSIONS; 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 Chem lab from physical items; Ink; Powder	-
8	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	DIGITAL DEVICES AND DATA; Computers; Computers and digital storage devices; Hard disk drives; Solid state drives; Memory cards	-
9	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	DIGITAL DEVICES AND DATA; Computers and digital storage devices; Data associated with the following:; operating systems	-
10	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	DIGITAL DEVICES AND DATA; Computers; Hard disk drives; Solid state drives; Memory cards; USB flash drives; Mobile phones; Mobile phone handsets and tablets	-
11	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	DIGITAL DEVICES AND DATA; Mobile phones; (U)SIM cards	-
12	ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice V2 FSA Specific Requirements	DIGITAL DEVICES AND DATA; Mobile phones; Memory cards and associated mobile phone handsets and tablets	-

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Essex Police Headquarters, Sandford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6DN, GB

51.76435, 0.50239

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