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Series
Home Office: Forensic Liaison (FL Symbol) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 534
What's it about?
HO 534
The files in this series contain high profile criminal cases involving the use of forensic evidence, policy files and records of working parties and committees dealing with various aspects of forensic science including the Working Party on...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 534
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Forensic Liaison (FL Symbol) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1972-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series contain high profile criminal cases involving the use of forensic evidence, policy files and records of working parties and committees dealing with various aspects of forensic science including the Working Party on Forensic Pathology and several Interlaboratory Advisory Committees.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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FL Symbol
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, Police Department (F Division), 1918-1918
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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192 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2014 Home Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Medicine
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Police Department had responsibility for policy on police powers and procedures; complaints and discipline; manpower; conditions of service; training; and police and community relations. F7 Division dealt with the co-ordination of policies of the Forensic Science Service and arrangements for consulting police about scientific and technical requirements.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14392051/
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