News
25-Feb 2010 –
LGC
Forensics’ new gunshot residue (GSR) evidence collection kits offer
Police better
value
LGC Forensics helps advance
gunshot residue collection at crime
scenes
LGC Forensics,
the UK’s leading independent forensic science provider, together
with WA Products UK (www.waproducts.co.uk), a highly trusted
supplier to the UK forensic industry, is pleased to announce the
introduction of two new advanced gunshot residue (GSR) evidence
collection kits. The new LGC Forensics-branded kits are
contamination-free, easier to use and more cost-effective than
previous designs, offering cost-savings to police forces.
One of the kits is designed for use on
individuals and the other for use at scenes. LGC Forensics helped
design and develop the kits in conjunction with WA Products, who
will roll out the kits for use by UK police forces.
Both the Subject and Vehicle/Scene of Crime
GSR kits contain adhesive stubs that are easy to use in the field,
more effective at recovering GSR than swab kits and - because they
require less processing before analysis than tapes - are faster to
analyse. Quality assurance testing ensures every batch is
contamination-free. The GSR kits have been specifically designed
for processing on LGC Forensics’ laboratory equipment; this
compatibility means reduced processing times, thus creating cost
savings for police forces that use the new kits.
Steve Allen,
Managing Director of LGC Forensics, commented: “The development
of these two new GSR evidence collection kits yet again
demonstrates LGC Forensics’ commitment to the development of high
quality and modern forensic science techniques. The science of
forensics is progressing rapidly and LGC Forensics is proud to play
its part in the development of quality products and services, while
also finding ways to reduce costs for the UK’s Police
forces”.
Mike Hopson, Managing Director of WA Products,
added: “Working with LGC Forensics has been a valuable
collaboration. We have combined LGC Forensics’ scientific expertise
with our manufacturing excellence to produce two significantly
enhanced kits that will be of benefit to our Police customers and
will help improve crime-solving”.
Sales enquiries should be directed to Stuart
Wiseman at WA Products Tel: +44 (0)1621 786654
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Notes to
editors:
About LGC Forensics
LGC Forensics (www.lgcforensics.com) the
division of LGC with specific expertise in a broad range of
forensic services, to address the simplest to the most complex of
cases, in major crime. We provide casework and analytical services
in DNA techniques, controlled drugs, toxicology, ecology,
questioned documents, digital crime, firearms and ballistics and
forensic pathology in support of modern policing.
With eight forensic laboratories across the UK
and two in Germany, LGC Forensics is able to provide a range of
bespoke services at a local level, therefore attracting a wide
variety of customers drawn from police forces and other law
enforcement agencies, HM Coroners, government departments, defence
lawyers, as well as private corporations and individuals.
LGC Forensics has access to a wide range of
other specialist teams across the LGC Group including a close
working relationship with the largest group of Home Office
Pathologists, Forensic Pathology Services and a unique Victim
Identification and Mass Fatalities Team. LGC Forensics laboratories
are located in Teddington (Middlesex), Bromsgrove (Worcestershire),
Culham (Oxfordshire), St. Neots (Cambridgeshire) Runcorn and Risley
(Cheshire), Tamworth (Staffordshire), with a specialist firearms
facility in Leeds. German operations are located in Cologne and
Berlin.
About WA Products
WA Products (UK) Limited (www.waproducts.co.uk) provides
innovative, top quality equipment with prompt delivery and a first
class customer service – that’s what today’s client demands. WA
Products is arguably the largest scenes of crime and police
equipment distributors in Europe.
Established in 1995, WA Products has evolved
into one of the most trusted suppliers in the industry today, able
to fully meet the demands of “Just in Time” ordering. UK based
clients can enjoy shipment of their orders to both single and
multiple locations direct from our Essex base on our standard
overnight delivery service.