Victoria Police Forensic Services Department

Site

Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre, Macleod

Accreditation No.

14233

Site No.

14226

Date of Accreditation

19 Sep 2000

Address

Forensic Drive
Macleod, VIC 3085
Australia

Contact

Mr Scott Azzopardi P: +61 (03) 94509753

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

Supervision

Forensic

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre, Macleod

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.1 Forensic analysis Part 1: Recognition, recording, recovery, transport and storage of material (except section 6 Occupational health and safety which is not assessed).
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.3 Forensic analysis Part 3: Interpretation.
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.2 Forensic analysis Part 2: Analysis and examination of material.
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.4 Forensic analysis Part 4: Reporting.

Client Engagement Activity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Client engagement activity Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.1 Forensic analysis Part 1: Recognition, recording, recovery, transport and storage of material (except section 6 Occupational health and safety which is not assessed).
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.3 Forensic analysis Part 3: Interpretation.
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.2 Forensic analysis Part 2: Analysis and examination of material.
  • This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.4 Forensic analysis Part 4: Reporting.

Legal

Service Product Determinant
Analysis of controlled substances Any item received Drug identification; Drug purity; Drug quantitation; Presumptive testing
Clandestine drug facility - Investigation Collection; Drug and chemical identification; Drug quantitation; Presumptive testing
Plant material Botanical identification - Cannabis​​​​; Botanical identification - Other
Crime scene investigations Major crime scene; Non-crime related incidents (including suicides and natural disasters); Volume crime scene Exhibit collection
Assessment and control
Recording and imagery
Serial number recovery
Event reconstruction; Examination and interpretation of the scene; Physical fit comparisons; Presumptive screening analysis; Shoe impressions; Tyre impressions
Examination of documents Documents; Other items that may bear writing or handwritten marks; Printing devices and their accessories; Typewriting devices and their accessories; Writing implements Alterations; Authentication; Charred documents; Counterfeit document examination; Examination of security features; General physical examination; Indentations and impressions; Ink comparisons; Paper examination; Printing process and devices; Reconstruction of torn and/or shredded documents; Signature and handwriting examination; Substrate examinations
Examination of fingerprints Fingerprints Identification
Development
Examination of firearms, ammunition and weapons Ammunition; Firearms Serial number recovery
Ammunition; Firearms; Weapons Chemical analysis of discharged residues
Examination and identification; Firearm safety testing
Ballistics Classification; Examination and identification; Range determination; Trajectory reconstruction
Examination of tool marks Any item received Comparison of impressed marks; Comparison of striated marks
Forensic biology - Examination of biological material Any item received Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA)
Collection, location and identification of biological material
Hair Examination of hair
Forensic biology - Examination of botanical material Plant material Botanical identification of non controlled plant material
Forensic chemistry/criminalistics Any item received Screening, interpretation and reporting of textile damage; Textile damage analysis; Textile fibre examination
Firearm residue examination; Gunshot residues
Glass and other mineralogical material examination
Chemical irritants; Explosives; Fires and explosion investigations; Flammable liquids; General chemical analysis; General physical examination; Propellants
Paint; Polymer analysis
Genetic analysis Biological material DNA profiling for criminal case work - Direct comparison; DNA profiling for criminal case work - Familial comparison; DNA profiling for criminal case work - Probabilistic genotyping; DNA profiling for relationship testing

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