WE MAINTAIN OUR EXPERTISE BY CONTINUOUS CASE EXPERIENCE, GIVING REGULAR ORAL EVIDENCE IN COURT AND CONTINUING RELEVANT CPD (eg. Explosives courses at ISSEE).
TOXICOLOGY
+CAUSE OF DEATH /RICIN / INSULIN / AIR RAGE / ALCOHOL DRINK DRIVING / PESTICIDES /
CHEMICAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
DRUGS
+CANNABIS (CULTIVATION, IDENTIFICATION, USAGE, VALUATION, ANALYSIS, PARAPHERNALIA), COCAINE / AMPHETAMINE / METHAMPHETAMINE / HEROIN / DESIGNER DRUGS / ETC. / ILLICIT LABORATORIES / COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS
DNA
+MIXED PROFILES / INNOCENT SOURCES / CROSS CONTAMINATION / QUALITY CONTROL
GUNSHOT RESIDUE
+PRIMER AND PROPELLANT RESIDUE /INNOCENT SOURCES/ CROSS CONTAMINATION / QUALITY CONTROL
EXPLOSIVES
+EXPLOSIVES / EXPLOSIVE DEVICES / EXPLOSIVE TRACES / INCENDIARIES / FIREWORKS / PYROTECHNICS
OTHER
+ACCELERANT RESIDUES / FIRE STARTING / SECURITY DYES
Expertise
Expertise detailing
ACCELERANT RESIDUES
Improvised, Commercial, Trace analysis, Petrol bombs, Firestarting, Identification
ALCOHOL
Back calculations, Effects, Air rage, Impairment, Visual recognition of impairment, Serious injury liability, Illicit fermentation, Illicit production, Illicit distillation
CANNABIS
Trace analysis, Chemistry, Growing operations, Growing equipment, Hash oil extraction, Identification, Paraphernalia, Valuation, Growth yield, Usage rates, Medical uses, Road traffic accident impairment, Personal usage rates.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Military, Improvised, Chemicals, Toxin (Ricin), Devices- explosive, Devices- dissemination, Detection, Training manuals.
CS SPRAYS
Trace analysis, Effects, Usage, Recommended tactics
DNA
Trace analysis, Profile comparison, Quality assurance, Contamination issues, Low copy number profile interpretation
DRUGS
Analysis, Purity, Identification, Pharmaceuticals, Illegal drugs, Designer drugs, Banknote contamination, Detection- laboratory, Detection- roadside, Chemical synthesis, Illegal laboratories, Counterfeit drugs, Paraphernalia, Cultivation, Growing operations, Chemical synthetic operations, Usage rates, Valuation, Growth yield, Counterfeit Viagra, Date rape.
EXPLOSIVES
Military explosives, Commercial explosives, improvised explosives, Bombs, Ammunition, Roadside devices, Improvised explosive device design, Improvised explosive production health and safety, Electrical circuits, Chemical synthesis, Illegal laboratories, Training manuals, Target attack principles, Training, Petrol bombs, Chemical WMD devices, Toxin WMD (Ricin) devices, Trace analysis, Contamination, Quality assurance, Car bombs, LPG devices, Roadside IEDs, Timers, Booby traps, Detection, New explosives, Incompatibility of ingredients, Effects, Dirt-bomb devices, Radioactive isotopes, Defence against, Destruction of aircraft, Potential stability, Effectiveness against complex targets, Trials, Demonstrations, Hugh speed photography, Disposal, Device detection, Improvised detonators, Target selection, Target planning, Target approach, Stand-off devices, Rare examples.
FIREWORKS
Accidents, Improvised, Ballistics, Trajectories, Failure
GUNSHOT RESIDUE
Organic, Inorganic, Trace analysis, Contamination, Quality assurance, Natural occurrence
INCENDIARIES
Military, Commercial, Improvised, Devices, Detection, Firestarting, Target attack principles, Petrol bombs, Delay timers- military, Delay timers- improvised, Effects, Thermite, Rare examples, Training manuals.
PYROTECHNICS
Military, Commercial, Improvised, Malfunctions, Disposal.
RICIN
Extraction procedures, Dissemination, Administration, Training videos, Training manuals, Toxicity, Trace analysis, Confirmation
SECURITY DYES
Trace analysis, Identification, Natural occurrences/legal usage, Contamination issues, Quality control
TOXICOLOGY
Ricin, Insulin, Cannabis, Cocaine, Heroin, Ecstasy, Amphetamines, Designer drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Toxins, Pesticides, Chemicals, Alcohol, Illegal drugs, Trace analysis, Effects, Air rage, Fitness to drive, Impairment, Alcohol back calculations, Cause of death, Pharmacogenetics, Post mortem distribution.
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