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Almost 80% of children sleep through smoke alarms
After the death of 6 children in a house fire in 2012, research was undertaken into children’s responses to domestic smoke alarms. In the 2012 fire, the children were all found in their beds and had not been incapacitated in any way.
Mobile Phone Fixed Penalty to be Increased
On 1st March 2017 the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (Penalty Points) (Amended) Order 2017 and The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2017 come into force.
Considering batteries as an ignition source in fire investigation
The BBC reports that Samsung has concluded an investigation into last year's Galaxy Note7 overheating problems and has found that these were caused by faults in batteries from two different manufacturers. Samsung recalled the phones in Se
State of Digital Forensics 2017
State of Digital Forensics 2017
Streamlined Forensic Reporting: - Misuse
KBC’s mobile phone experts can recover data that others can’t………
In the last few weeks, KBC’s Mark Henderson has been recovering data from mobile phones which the prosecution claimed could not be recovered.
KBC’s Digital Forensics team increases its capacity
As a result of the continuing success of KBC’s mobile telephone and cell site analysis experts, we have increased our capacity with the recruitment of Ryan Knight. He joins the team in Durham with a First Class degree in Digital Forensics.
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ISO17025 - extension to scope and renewal of accreditation
In August 2016, KBC renewed its accreditation to ISO17025. This was a particularly meaningful assessment as it marks the beginning of a new four year assessment cycle and confirms KBC’s continuing commitment to international quality standards after the acquisition by Cellmark.
Fingerprint Examinations - Time to Modernise
Simon Bunter, one of our Fingerprint Experts, has been examining the work of Police Fingerprint Experts for many years. Increasingly, he is concerned that cognitive bias is causing the strength of some fingerprint identifications adduced as evidence to be over-stated. Specifically, experts may