| Shaping Stronger Connections |
| John Harber Phillips Award |
| The John Harber Phillips Award recognises outstanding contributions in the forensic sciences and is now open for nominations (closes Monday 6 June 2022). View. |
| Proficiency Testing Bulk Purchase |
| Arranging the collaborative procurement, importation and distribution of internationally sourced proficiency tests on behalf of Australia and New Zealand forensic laboratories. |
| International Strategic Engagement |
| Maintaining ongoing information exchange and collaboration with USA partners (via the Department of Defence National Security Science and Technology Centre) and the Metropolitan Police Forensic Services Continuous Improvement and Forensic Innovation Team to leverage efforts in strengthening forensic science. |
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Youth Crime and Justice
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Facilitating discussions with subject matter experts to examine the impacts of youth crime and justice challenges for policing.
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Policing Innovator
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Sharing and connecting police innovations across Australia and New Zealand.
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Road Safety
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Engaging in Road Safety/Road Policing activities, particularly automated vehicles.
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Family Violence
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Co-ordination of policing input into strategies combatting family violence.
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ANZPAA e-Scans
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Analyses on key issues and trends affecting the policing environment.
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Engender Change
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Planning the inaugural Engender Change advocates event Leading Through a Crisis on 5 May 2022 in support of the program’s objective to transform gender equity in the forensic science community through leadership. View
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Minimum Requirement Documents for forensic science
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Through participation in the International Forensic Strategic Alliance, collaborating on the development of Minimum Requirements Documents to support emerging forensic laboratories in developing countries to provide scientific services to the criminal justice system. View
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Specialist Advisory Groups
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Ongoing management of an extensive network of forensic specialists to support and promote the continuous improvement of forensic disciplines, encouraging collaboration and innovative thinking. Facilitating two workshops in 2022, one for forensic intelligence practitioners and the second for quality managers.
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Forensic Genetic Genealogy Community of Interest
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Providing strategic advice to the Forensic Genetic Genealogy Community of Interest. The initial focus of this NSW Police co-coordinated initiative is identifying key issues and developing an operational framework for forensic genetic genealogy.
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Activity Level Reporting Course
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Maintaining an email distribution list of enrolled practitioners in the University of Lausanne online Activity Level Reporting course to help facilitate cross-jurisdiction communications, ensuring learnings are implemented consistently into practices.
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Standardised Forensic Consumable Pricing Arrangements
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| Working with analytical chemistry representatives to pilot a framework for supporting the negotiation of standardised consumable prices and bring cost savings to forensic agencies across Australia and New Zealand. |
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NATA Forensic Science Accreditation Advisory Committee
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| Providing specialist strategic advice and coordinating forensic science information sessions for new NATA staff involved in assessing forensic science laboratories. |
| The Forensic Exhibit |
| Planning the publishing of a 1,000+ subscriber quarterly newsletter to promote the work of the ANZ forensic science community and NIFS. |
| Enhancing Practice |
| Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Commanders course |
| Supporting the ANZPAA Disaster Victim Identification Committee (ADVIC) to run a Commander course promoting a consistent understanding and approach to managing DVI scenes across Australia and New Zealand. |
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ICCS Plus
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Reviewing ICCS Plus: A Common Approach to Incident Management. This document is a principle-based framework in which incident management arrangements across Australia can be aligned. View
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Cross-jurisdictional police research priorities
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Reviewing the ANZPAA Cross-jurisdictional police research priorities. These provide a foundation from which research efforts can be directed and focused to provide value to police, researchers and the community.
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AFSAB Enhancement
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ANZPAA NIFS, in collaboration with experts in crime scene, fingerprint and firearm examination, are enhancing the AFSAB Board and assessment processes. View
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| Review National Familial DNA Searching Policy |
| Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission |
| Connecting with a critical national criminal intelligence partner agency and subject matter experts to help improve our national policing systems and services. |
| Addressing Risk |
| Forensic Fundamentals Project |
| A multi-year project working with expert forensic practitioners to generate a holistic picture of the empirical evidence base for 20 forensic disciplines informing future research, court reporting and training requirements. |
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Artificial Intelligence and Policing
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Examining the diverse challenges, opportunities and risks for policing with the advances in artificial intelligence technologies.
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Forensic Science Standards Development
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As a member of the Standards Australia Committees, ANZPAA NIFS is supporting the development of Australian and International standards to ensure consistent and reliable forensic services.
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AFSAB Certification
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Processing new certification and re-certification applications. View
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After the Fact (AtF) Proficiency Test
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Working with crime scene practitioners across Australia to develop new assessment material for the AtF Proficiency Test for 2022.
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Forensic Capability Mapping Framework
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Piloting for the firearms discipline, a framework to identify current capability risks and future needs to support forensic agencies' strategic planning at the cross-jurisdictional level.
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Dedicated Focus of Research and Innovation
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Investigating the creation of a Research & Innovation Officers Network to maximise information sharing and collaboration on cross-jurisdictional priority projects.
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| Massively Parallel Sequencing Accreditation Guidelines |
| The ANZPAA NIFS Biology Specialist Advisory Group is developing guidelines that will support the implementation of this new DNA technology known as Massively Parallel Sequencing. |
| Forensic Fundamentals Project |
| A multi-year project working with expert forensic practitioners to generate a holistic picture of the empirical evidence base for 20 forensic disciplines informing future research, court reporting and training requirements. |