The Metropolitan Police Forensic Audio Laboratory, London, was founded in the 1960's. Its processes and policies have adapted to serve modern audio technologies and up to date policing methods and priorities. This paper discusses the motivations, organisation and practices of the laboratory in the light of it being government funded and working almost exclusively for the prosecution side of the UK adversarial judicial system. It discusses staff qualifications, training, experience, laboratory equipment, software and research programs. Through analysis of the issues and demands it seeks to give an insight into how the UK's largest Forensic Audio Laboratory is run.
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