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The FSS maintains seven laboratories throughout the country, and provides scene-of-crime and forensic investigation staff to the 43 police services in England and Wales, as well as to the Crown Prosecution Service , HM Revenue And Customs , HM Coroners' Service , Ministry Of Defence Police and British Transport Police . The FSS used to maintain the National DNA Database on behalf of the Association Of Chief Police Officers . Following the move to Government-owned company, the National DNA Database is now maintained independently from the FSS. The FSS has suffered damage to its reputation following a number of high profile quality failures, namely the failure to recover blood stains in the murder of Damilola Taylor by reporting officers. Further damage occurred when the FSS failed to use the most up to date techniques for extracting DNA samples in cases between 2000 and 2005. This lead The Association Of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to advise all police forces in England and Wales to review cases where samples had failed to give a DNA profile. {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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