HeyJaredForensic Science in England and Wales
This is a blog about a nation's disastrous experiment combining police control and the private sector to provide forensic services. See the "About" section for more.
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13 - Computer says no (opens the original)
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Opening the s**t room door (opens the original)
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There is a scene in the Big Short where after talking to an exotic dancer, Mark Baum realises the property market is a bubble that is about the burst and he starts to short everything he can. Since then, much has been made of the “stripper index” as a measure of impending recession in the US, the “signal” before the “signal” that could, in the right hands, be tradeable for those who do that kind of thing. Ok
Who felt the cost of the Cellmark acquisition? (opens the original)
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Two companies that do most of the forensic science that police forces in England and Wales procure from the private sector are now under shared ownership. Eurofins Forensic Services Limited (EFS) has been in the Eurofins group since 2017. Orchid Cellmark Ltd (Cellmark), a like for like competitor of EFS, were bought by the parent company of EFS in 2024.Dr Mark Pearse is now a director of both, and on 18 November 2025 he told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee what that means:T
For policing, by policing (opens the original)
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There is a slide in a National Police Chiefs' Council deck from July 2025 that tells you everything about how forensic science is going to be reformed in England and Wales. It is titled "Delivering Reform". Underneath is a question: "Given the context of where we are now, what could policing do ourselves?"<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a2V5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:
12 Why bother to refer a matter to the Forensic Science Regulator? (opens the original)
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