UK intelligence service for firearm-related criminality
National Ballistics Intelligence Service Formed 2008 Headquarters Birmingham , England, United KingdomWebsite nabis.police.uk
The National Ballistics Intelligence Service , or NABIS , is a British intelligence service dedicated to managing and providing detailed information regarding firearm-related criminality . The service aims to use its database to store ballistics information about police cases involving firearms, and consequently maintain it for future use and reference.[1] The service operates four facilities to test and analyse firearms evidence to help link it with other cases.[2] These are based in Birmingham , London and Manchester .[3]
The service was officially launched on 1 April 2008[4] and can be roughly compared to the Integrated Ballistics Identification System operating in the United States.
Four regional forensic hubs operate within four host forces/organisations: Greater Manchester Police (GMP), West Midlands Police (WMP), Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Glasgow unit of SPA Forensic Services.[5] The staff are around 40 in number.[6]
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