Innovative study to track 'toll of the job' on forensic teams in Leicestershire

The anonymous data provided by around 50 CSIs and digital forensic staff will enable researchers to study the impact of challenging police work such as visiting traumatic crime scenes.

L-R: Leics DCI Helen Fletcher, Carl Eady (ihp analytics), Paula Mulroy (FCN), Leics CSI officers, Nick Loxley (EMSOU Forensic Services), and Steve Gill (ihp analytics).

Around 50 CSIs and digital forensic staff in Leicestershire Police will use a wearable device over the next four months so researchers can assess the "physical and mental toll of the job". The study, funding for which was...