Forensic Science Division

Questioned Documents Section

The Questioned Documents Section provides a comprehensive service to law enforcement departments in all aspects of questioned documents from handwriting and typewriting examination to counterfeiting and forgery. The main client of the section is the Hong Kong Police Force with the rest of the submissions coming from a number of other sources, including the Immigration Department and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Video Spectral Comparator (VSC 8000)

Video Spectral Comparator (VSC 8000)

The section is regarded as one of the leading authorities on the analysis of Chinese handwriting, a number of research papers have been published by members of the section.

Key Instruments

The following instruments are used routinely by the Section:

  • Magnetic stripe analyzer
  • Video spectral comparator
  • Electrostatic Detection Apparatus
  • Ribbon Analysis Workstation
Stereomicroscope

Stereomicroscope

Targets and Key Indicators

Key Performance Measures Relating to the Forensic Science Services

Targets

Targets are defined as the percentage of completed cases whose individual case-completion time does not exceed a specified number of working day(s).

Targets 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Actual) 2025 (Plan)
85 100 100 85

Targets 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Actual) 2025 (Plan)
90 97 99 90

Targets 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Actual) 2025 (Plan)
99 100 100 99
Key Indicators
Number of Cases Investigated 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Actual) 2025 (Estimate)
Questioned documents 238 244 240