Levelling the forensic playing field for UK policing

18 Sep 2025
Emergency Tech Leaders' Stage Sponsored by AWS
Police
For over a century, the police’s use of fingerprints as a form of evidence has largely remained a manual process. The complexity of working with fingerprint lifts at crime scenes is challenging but a vital part of investigations. This is why the Digital Fingerprint Capability is a revolution for forensics and the team will share how this has developed and how it integrates with key policing technology and infrastructure.
Speakers
Richard Meffen
Richard Meffen, Head of Forensics Portfolio - Police Digital Service
Stephen Gait
Stephen Gait, Fingerprint Capability Product Owner, Gwent Police - South Wales Police
James Earnshaw
James Earnshaw, Fingerprint Capability Subject Matter Expert, Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Scientific Support Services - Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Scientific Support Services