Peter M Swann, FAE, FFS

Peter joined the West Riding Constabulary in 1955 was transferred into the Fingerprint Branch in 1957 and has worked in this specialism for the past five decades.  Rising through the ranks and attending all the various training courses he became Head of Department in 1971 with responsibility for both fingerprints and scenes of crime work in the rank of Detective Chief Inspector.  In 1984 he was seconded to the Police Requirement Support Unit in London as Home Office Adviser on fingerprints in the rank of Superintendent.  Peter left the service in 1987 and has since worked as a Fingerprint Consultant to the legal profession to the present day.

During his career, Peter has attended all types of crime scenes, worked on behalf of the Prosecution, the Defence, the Criminal Cases Review Commission, examined evidence in numerous high profile cases and given evidence in most courts, both at home and overseas.

Peter is a Fellow of the Academy of Experts, a Fellow of the Fingerprint Society, a Member of the International Association for Identification (IAI), a Member of the Forensic Science Society (FSSoc)  and was registered with the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP), until CRFP ceased trading on 31 March 2009.