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A New Fingerprint Workflow: A short video, in which a prototype Crime-lite MLD is used to quickly detect fingermarks on evidence 

NEW TECHNOLOGY

Detect and photograph more latent fingermarks without the need for chemical dyes, stains, or powders.

For many laboratories, the application of a post-treatment such as Ardrox, Basic Yellow 40, or Rhodamine 6G, is a time consuming daily task that involves the use of potentially harmful chemicals and requires the appropriate safety equipment to be used.

By examining CA-fumed evidence using an R-UV/IR imaging system, it is possible to detect and examine latent fingerprints with no further treatment being required. This eradicates the need to spend time preparing chemical treatments, avoids the need to handle dangerous chemicals, and frees up laboratory staff to perform other duties.

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NEW TECHNOLOGY

RECOVER: Latent Fingerprint Treatment

Sequential Processing Strategies for Fingermark Visualisation on Polymer Banknotes

RESEARCH PARTNER: Home Office CAST
STATUS: Paper Published, 2018

Longwave Reflected UV for the Enhancement of Cyanoacrylate Fumed Fingerprints

RESEARCH PARTNER: In-House
STATUS: Paper Published, 2018

Jointly developed by foster+freeman, the MoD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), and Loughborough University, RECOVER:LFT is a cutting-edge technique that uses an innovative chemical fuming process to develop fingerprints on a range of difficult surfaces including those that have been exposed to extreme heat (discharged bullet casings for example) and items that have been washed ‘clean’ in an attempt to prevent identification. 

DNA Recovery from Latent Fingermarks Treated with an IR Fluorescent Powder

RESEARCH PARTNER: University of Wolverhampton
STATUS: Paper Published, 2017 

RESEARCH PARTNERS

FORENSIC APPLICATION STUDIES

RECENT PRODUCT INNOVATIONS

Longwave Reflected UV Imaging of Fingermarks

Calibrated Document Examination

Technology to Recover 'Impossible' Fingermarks

Using reflected longwave UV to reveal fingerprints of exceptional quality without causing damage to DNA evidence.

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In order to meet the requirements of ISO17025 it is becoming increasingly necessary to calibrate and measure the performance of all forensic equipment.

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New product development in collaboration with the MoD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Loughborough University.

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A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

 A Brief History of... ESDA

 A Brief History of... VSC

A Brief History of... DCS

The original Foster+Freeman product, the name ESDA has become synonymous with questioned document examination.

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The world's most advanced range of Video Spectral Comparators for the examination of questioned documents.

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Discover more about how Foster+Freeman pioneered the use of digital photography and enhancement for fingerprint imaging.

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