Public Funding for KFS Realisations 2018 Limited

DNA profiling for criminal justice evidence is increasing with technological advances in DNA resolution, expanding profiling to include low DNA content and mixed DNA samples. Profiling is carried out in high specification laboratories which are expensive to set up, accredit and maintain. DNA profiling is resource, time and cost intensive - up to 3 days processing time. Crime scene stains (including hair, saliva, blood, semen and other cellular matter) often have low DNA content. DNA analysis of these samples create a bottleneck for criminal investigations and also results in officers pursuing unnecessary lines of investigation when their resource could be better deployed. Delays in DNA profiling also present increased risk to the public and do not provide the best outcomes for victims with suspects remaining at large with insufficient evidence to enable the rapid apprehension and charging early in the investigative process KFS aims to move the majority of DNA processing from specialist laboratories to locations closer to the crime - crime scene vehicles, police stations, etc., by developing a desktop self-contained, no human interference, DNA sampling system to enable low content DNA crime scene stains and "dry" samples, including contact traces such as fingerprints, to be analysed rapidly and locally.