Foster + Freeman are innovators in the design and manufacture of systems for the examination of questioned documents, latent fingerprints, trace evidence and shoe prints.
Established in 1978, Foster + Freeman has become one of the foremost forensic science equipment suppliers in the world, exporting market leading, and in many cases unique products to more than 140 countries.
Our products are designed to assist in finding evidence at scenes of crime and in performing detailed forensic investigations in the laboratory. Our customers include all major police and forensic science laboratories as well as government agencies, commercial and private organisations such as homeland security, immigration authorities, security printers, lottery companies, insurance companies, university departments and national libraries.
With offices in the UK and the USA, and a global network of agents and distributors, Foster + Freeman are able to provide customers with a high level of technical support, installation and training.
Questioned Document Examination (QDE) is considered to be the oldest of the forensic sciences pre-dating the use of fingerprints as means of identification by over 50 years. The primary purpose of questioned/forensic document examination is to answer questions about a disputed document using a variety of scientific processes and methods.
Questioned document examination systems are most commonly used by police forces, customs and excise, border patrol, and immigration as well as in banks, casinos, and specific fraud detection departments of insurance and benefits offices.
Some of the most commonly examined documents include:
Passports, visas, financial / fiduciary documents, driving licenses and other vehicle documents, identity cards, insurance documents, terror threats, and almost any other document that can be counterfeited or fraudulently modified.
Foster + Freeman’s document examination products can be divided into three main categories, multi-spectral comparison (the VSC range), Raman spectroscopy (Foram), and electrostatic detection (ESDA2 and lite).
About Multi-spectral comparison
Foster + Freeman’s flagship range of instruments are capable of viewing and recording the response of documents/inks when exposed to light of varying wavelengths including: - Visible, infrared (lighting and luminescence), ultraviolet, transmitted, coaxial, and oblique lighting.
This allows for the detailed examination and comparison of inks, security features (such as holograms and OVD’s), altered or obliterated information, and invisible personal information (IPI). View products: VSC6000 - VSC400 - VSC40
About Raman spectroscopy
As different inks give different Raman spectra this means that they can be differentiated or matched using a Raman spectrometer such as the Foram. This method of examination is both cost effective and quick to perform.
View products: Foram
About Electrostatic Detection Apparatus (ESDA)
Originally created by Foster + Freeman in the early 1970s the ESDA device is commonly used by questioned document examiners to reveal indented impressions on paper which may not be visible to the naked eye. The ESDA process is non-destructive meaning that further investigation of a document is possible.
View products: ESDA 2 - ESDA-lite
*In addition to the above document examination techniques, elemental analysis of pigments is also possible using the Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) capabilities of the Foster + Freeman Ecco (see trace evidence examination).
About LIBS
This technique utilizes a very high energy pulse laser to ablate a microscopic amount of material and raise its temperature by tens of thousands of degrees. As the various elements return to their ground states the excited matter emits a characteristic emission spectrum that can be measured and compared. View Products: ECCO
Latent fingerprints collected at a crime scene, or on items of evidence from a crime, have been used by governments and police forces worldwide to identify suspects, victims and other persons during the past 100 years and remain the most commonly used forensic evidence to this day. As fingerprint identification continues to expand as the premier method for identifying persons it is of the utmost importance that forensic laboratories ensure they are equipped to deal with this vital evidence as accurately and efficiently as possible. Fingerprint Detection Products Friction ridges contain rows of sweat pores, and sweat mixed with other body oils and dirt produces fingerprints on smooth surfaces; however these prints are not always immediately visible to the naked eye and often require high powered illumination, powder dusting, and /or chemical fuming before they can be seen and recorded. Foster + Freemans Fingerprint Detection Products include a complete range of high powered LED and Xenon arc light sources suitable for use both at the crime scene and in the laboratory, as well as the MVC range of superglue fuming cabinets for the detection of fingerprints on items of evidence, and the SUPERfume Scene of crime cyanoacrylate fuming system. Fingerprint detection products include: MVC™ cyanoacrylate fuming cabinets – a range of Superglue fuming cabinets for the controlled development of latent fingerprints Read more… SUPERfume® - Scene of crime cyanoacrylate fuming system for the detection of latent fingerprints Read more… Fingerprint Enhancement, Examination, and Recording Products It is often the case that a fingerprint retrieved at a crime scene is incomplete, in these circumstances the fingerprint expert must turn to a powerful instrument such as the Foster + Freeman DCS 4 workstation in order to convert the fragmented ridges and whorls of a partial print into valid evidence fit for courtroom presentation. With a comprehensive suite of enhancement techniques including high resolution imaging, multi-wavelength lighting, and a powerful range of software tools, Foster + Freeman products offer the expert fingerprint examiner a complete solution for the capture, examination , matching, and presentation of fingerprints. Fingerprint recording and identification products include: DCS 4® - A dedicated workstation for the recording and image enhancement of latent fingerprints Read more… Russell Comparator® - An optical projector for the visual comparison of record and recovered fingerprints Read more… Best described as a minute quantity of evidence found at a crimescene or upon an object relating to a crime, trace evidence is increasingly being used to ever more accuarately piece together and reconstruct crimes, as well as to describe the people, places, and things involved in them. Foster + Freeman remain at the forefront of trace evidence examination and manufacture a collection of instruments that provide criminal laboratories with the ability to examine trace evidence including hair, glass, body fluids, blood spatter, soil, skin, metals, and paint etc. with ever increasing precision and microscopic detail. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Instrument(s): ECCOEvidence type(s): Glass, metals, paint, tapes Description: The technique utilizes a very high energy pulse laser to ablate a microscopic amount of material and raise its temperature by tens of thousands of degrees. As the various elements return to their ground states the excited matter emits a characteristic emission spectrum that can be measured and compared. Raman Spectroscopy Instrument(s): Foram, ffTA-1
Evidence type(s): Drugs, explosives, inks, fibres, plastics, paints Description: Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive technique that can be performed on trace amount s of evidence and is commonly used in the field of forensic science for the identification of unknown substances. Raman spectra exhibit numerous features specific to molecular structure which can give a valuable 'fingerprint' for comparing and differentiating materials. The need for a fast and effective instrument that requires minimal technical training has, in recent years, become even more pronounced as governments worldwide increase anti-terror measures.
Glass Refractive Index Measurement (GRIM)
Instruments(s): GRIM3
Evidence type(s): Glass fragments
Description: With so many criminal offences including burglaries, criminal damage, vehicle thefts, and road traffic collisions providing the potential for glass to be smashed it is vital that these minute fragments of evidence can be accurately measured, compared, and discriminated between. Refractive Index (RI) measurement is a highly accurate test that can be used to distinguish between a large number of glasses allowing investigators, in some cases, to buid an accurate map of a crime scene. Shoe Print Evidence
Footwear evidence in the form of shoe prints (also referred to as tread marks or impressions) is often the most abundantly available evidence to be found at a crime scene. Because of this a latent shoe print can often go on to become a key piece of evidence during an investigation. Foster + Freeman products offer police forces and investigators a complete solution for the identification and management of footwear evidence. SICAR 6 – This 6th iteration of SICAR is a full evidence management system for recording and monitoring crimes involving shoe print and tire mark evidence. At its most powerful when used in conjunction with a reference database of footwear marks such as SoleMate (see below), SICAR allows the operator not only to identify crimescene prints but to store and manage information on footwear worn by suspects, link crimes where identical marks have been recovered, share access to databases with networked forces, and more. For full product details click here to Read More
SoleMate – This is a footwear database for use in conjunction with SICAR, containing images and details of a huge number of shoes, trainers (sneakers), sandals, boots, and all other varieties of footwear available. Currently the database contains records of over 23,000 individual tread patterns and is updated quarterly with each new season. The unique pattern coding system employed in SoleMate allows even partial shoe prints to be identified. Read More
crimeshoe.com – an online shoe print identification service where you only pay for results. Upload your scene of crime shoe print images to crimeshoe.com for fast and efficient analysis with the promise of No Result = No Fee. With results usually being made available for download within 24 hours of a shoe impression being uploaded, crimeshoe.com is the perfect solution for police forces or private users who only process a moderate number of shoe print searches each year. Read More
Tyre Mark Evidence
Also known as skid, acceleration, braking, or tire tread marks the evidence left behind at road accident scenes or in the access and escape routes of other crime scenes can often provide invaluable evidence to investigators.
SICAR 6 – As with shoe prints SICAR is the ultimate tool in the field of tire tread identification. Using a similar pattern coding technique, investigators are able to manage all treadmark evidence within a single software solution. Read More
TreadMate – This reference database containing images and details of over 7,750 records of tyres produced by a wide range of manufacturers is much the same as SoleMate in format and use. Available by annual subscription TreadMate can only be accessed using SICAR. Read More
One of the forensic investigators most valuable tool is the forensic light source (also referred to as an Alternative Light Source (ALS)). From uncovering evidence that is poorly revealed, or even invisible by conventional light to indepth investigation of evidence, the use of high-powered multiple wavelength lighting is essential both in the field and forensic laboratory. The effectiveness of forensic light sources such as the Foster + Freeman Crime-lite range can be put down to fluorescence, an optical phenomenon wherein a material absorbs light at one wavelength and emits light at a longer wavelength. Most organic materials can be made to fluoresce at a given wavelength, below is a list of just some of the evidence types that forensic light sources are routinely used to uncover: - Fingerprints
- Body fluids including blood, saliva, semen etc.
- Trace evidence such as fibres’, glass, hair, paint etc.
- Gun shot residue
- Bite marks and bruises
At one time alternate light sources were so unwieldy that they were deemed to be unsuitable for use at the crime scene. Recent developments in technology has reduced the size of this vital piece of equipment to a handheld torch or flash light. Foster + Freeman’s latest forensic light sources include: Crime-lite 2 - a rugged, portable LED light source that is able to provide 8 wavelengths of high intensity light (including UV) with constant light output and uniform shadow-free illumination. Read More... Crime-lite 8X4 – High intensity multiwavelength LED photographic ringlight with 118 modes of illumination. Read More... Crime-lite XL - New high powered crime scene investigation light source. Read More... Crime-lite 82S – Super high intensity portable light source for intensive crime scene investigation. Read More... Crime-lite 82L – A wide linear light source designed to reveal shoe prints and particulate evidence. Read More... Crime-lte ML – A combined multiwavelength LED light source and benchtop magnifier for laboratory use. Read More... Quaser - Compact and portable high intensity 300w xenon arc lamp for use by investigators at the crime scene. Read More
Foster+Freeman to wiodąca firma w dziedzinie kryminalistyki. Zajmuje się projektowaniem i produkcją urządzeń do badań dokumentów, ujawniania odcisków palców, śladów obuwia i opon samochodowych z miejsca przestępstwa. Została założona w 1978 roku. Jej siedziba znajduje się w Wielkiej Brytanii w Evesham, hrabstwo Worcestershire. Firma stała się szybko jednym z największych na świecie dostawców wyposażenia dla policji, służb ochrony granic i banków, eksportując swoje produkty do ponad 140 krajów. Urządzenia Foster+Freeman do wykrywania fałszywych dokumentów (paszportów i dokumentów tożsamości) są używane nie tylko przez agencje rządowe odpowiedzialne za bezpieczeństwo granic państwa i policję, ale również przez wytwórnie papierów wartościowych, państwowy monopol loteryjny, towarzystwa ubezpieczeniowe, uczelniane wydziały prawa i biblioteki oraz archiwa narodowe. Foster+Freeman wraz z globalną siecią dystrybutorów zapewniają zaawansowaną technologię swoich produktów oraz wysoki poziom wsparcia technicznego, instalacji i szkoleń. Firma Foster + Freeman, je novátorem v oblasti navrhování a výrobě systémů pro kontrolu podezřelých dokumentů, zpracování latentních otisků prstů, otisků bot a důkazního materiálu.
Firma, Foster + Freeman, se sídlem v Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, byla založena v roce 1978 a velmi brzy se stala jedním z předních dodavatelů zařízení na detekci padělaných dokumentů a jiných jedinečných zařízení do více než 140 zemí světa.
Výrobky firmy Foster + Freeman jsou určeny pro pomoc při odhalování padělaných dokladů, včetně cestovních a osobních průkazů, a jsou používány vládními organizacemi včetně cizinecké policie, hraniční kontroly, státní policie po celém světě, stejně jako obchodními a soukromými subjekty, jako jsou například tiskárny cenin, loterijní společnosti, pojišťovny, katedry univerzit a národní knihovny. Se sídlem ve Velké Británii a pobočkou v USA a s globální sítí agentů a distributorů, je firma Foster + Freeman schopna poskytovat zákazníkům vysokou úroveň technické podpory, instalace a školení.
Foster + Freeman es innovador en el diseño y producción de sistemas para la inspección de documentos dudosos, huellas digitales latentes, rastros, y huellas de calzado. Fundada en 1978, Foster + Freeman ha llegado a ser uno de los proveedores más destacados de equipamiento para las ciencias forenses en el mundo, líder en exportaciones, y en muchos casos productos únicos, a más de 140 países. Nuestros productos están diseñados para ayudar a encontrar evidencias en la escena del crimen y para llevar a cabo una investigación detallada en el laboratorio forense. Nuestros clientes son la policía, laboratorios forenses, dependencias gubernamentales, organizaciones comerciales y privadas, cómo así también gendarmería y prefectura, migraciones, impresores de seguridad, loterías, compañías de seguro, universidades y bibliotecas nacionales. Con oficinas en UK y USA, y una red global de agentes y distribuidores, Foster + Freeman es capaz de dar a sus clientes soporte técnico, instalaciones y entrenamiento de alto nivel. Análisis de Documentos VSC® 6000/HS - Una estación de trabajo avanzada para el examen visual de documentos cuestionables entre los que se incluye todo tipo de documentos de seguridad VSC® 400 - Para comprobar la integridad e pasaportes, visados y tarjetas de identidad ESDA® 2 - El sistema para la visualización de las marcas de presión de escritura ESDA®-lite - El sistema para la visualización de surcos de escritura eye-D - Sistema de verificación de document Detección/Inspección de huellas dactilares DCS 4 - Revelado y procesamiento de huellas dactilares latentes TFD 2 - Sencillo, Sin necesidad dequímicos, Detección dehuellas SUPERfume - El sistema portátil de fumigación con cianocrilato para escenarios de crímenes Inspección de Rastros ffTA - Medición del índice de refracción de vidrio ECCO - Espectroscopia de plasma inducido por láser para las ciencias forenses Foram - Una gama de espectrómetros Raman con microscopio de vídeo incorporado Fuentes de Luz forenses Crime-lite® 2 -Una nueva y mejor gama de linternas forenses Crime-lite® 82S/L - Una gama de linternas forenses portátiles con una intensidad extremadamente alta Crime-lite® 8X4 - Una lámpara anular de LED única con 118 modos de iluminación Crime-lite® ML2 - La lente de aumento de largo alcance con iluminación por LED en múltiples longitudes de onda para el examen de pruebas forenses en el laborator Identificación de Marcas de Calzado/Neumáticos SICAR® 6 - Para tratar la evidencia de huellas de calzado y de neumáticos recuperadas en el lugar del delito Abajo hay una lista de folletos en Español que hoy están disponibles para descargar: Nota Informativa: Компания Foster + Freeman является новатором в области проектирования и разработки систем для проверки документов, отпечатков пальцев, следов обуви и трассологических исследований.
Основанная в 1978 году, компания Foster + Freeman стала мировым лидером по поставкам криминалистического оборудования в более чем 140 стран мира, разработчиком уникальных приборов
Продукция разработана как для быстрого анализа улик на месте преступления, так и для глубокого лабораторного исследования. Нашими клиентами являются криминалистические лаборатории государственных организаций, коммерческие и частные компании, такие как иммиграционные службы, лотерейные компании, страховые компании, учебные заведения, библиотеки.
Foster + Freeman имеет офисы в Великобритании и США и широкую сеть дилеров по всему миру, что позволяет проводить быструю установку оборудования, своевременную техническую поддержку и обучение пользователей.
Foster + Freeman est une société innovatrice dans le développement et la fabrication de systèmes d'examen de documents sécurisés, d'analyse d'empreintes digitales, de traces, d'empreintes de chaussures et de pneus.
Créée en 1978, et présent dans plus de 140 pays à travers le monde, Foster + Freeman est devenu un fournisseur international incontournable dans la fourniture de systèmes forensiques exclusifs.
Nos produits sont développés pour permettre au utilisateurs une recherche et une analyse efficace en laboratoire des indices d'une scène de crime. Nos clients sont composés entre autres des plus grandes police mondiales, agences gouvernementales, organisations privées et commerciales, autorités d'immigration, imprimeurs de dispositifs de sécurité, sociétés de loteries, compagnies d'assurances, librairies nationales, etc ..
Grâce à nos bureaux en Grande Bretagne et aux USA, ainsi qu'à notre réseau de distributeurs et agents, Foster + Freeman propose à travers le monde un
Lire la suite ... Foster + Freeman designer og produserer systemer for undersøkelse av dokumenter, fingeravtrykk, sporbevis og skoavtrykk.
Firmaet som ble etablert i 1978, er lokalisert i Evesham, Worcestershire, Storbritannia. Det er en av de fremste leverandørene i verden av rettsmedisinsk teknologi og leverer sine produkter til mer enn 140 land. 英国Foster+Freeman（法司特）公司长期从事文件检验、手印显现/检验、刑事技术光源、微量物证检验和足迹检验方面设备的设计和研发，是法庭科学设备制造行业的领先者。
英国法司特公司成立于1978年，目前已成为世界上最大的法庭科学设备供应商之一，多项专利设计引领行业潮流，用户遍及全球超过140个国家和地区。
英国法司特公司的产品主要用于犯罪现场物证发现和提取，以及实验室物证分析和检验鉴定。典型用户包括等警察、法庭科学实验室、国家安全机构、边防和出入境管理机构、防伪印务公司、保险公司和银行、高校和科研院所等。
文件检验 手印检验 微量物证检验 刑事技术光源 足迹检验
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