NSW Police Force acquire Australia’s first VSC9000
From: Foster+Freeman
Posted On: 17 Mar 2025
In an ongoing effort to increase the forensic capabilities and readiness of NSW Police Force, the recent acquisition of a VSC9000 ensures that the Document Examination Unit has access to the world’s most advanced VSC in the interrogation of questioned documents.
The VSC9000 from foster+freeman is helping to redefine the limits of optical performance to detect fakes, frauds, and counterfeit documents. Learn more about it’s full capabilities here.
Because every microscopic detail matters
Ensuring the authenticity of critical documents is an increasingly complex challenge. From the controlled environment of a police laboratory to the fast-moving world of international border security, VSC9000 provides a comprehensive forensic-level solution to the interrogation and analysis of all documents types.
Equipped with a high-performance optical and illumination system, VSC9000 enables the examiner to conduct multi-spectral examinations of documents in microscopic detail to authenticate legitimate documents, reveal sophisticated counterfeits and to identify evidence of tampering or manipulation with unparalleled accuracy.
The VSC9000 provides a complete forensic toolset to dissect questioned documents, for the inspection of every fine detail from paper and ink composition to the presence of 3rd level embedded security features.
Beyond the physical, the VSC9000 can reveal and analyse every layer of digitally embedded data (including Biometric e-Chip, MRZ, IPI, RFID etc.) to provide a comprehensive multi-layered interrogation of a document.
Over the course of 3 days, Applications Specialist, Alicja Balwierczak from foster+freeman explained some of the advanced examination tools such as:
- Camera
Primary: Colour/IR high resolution, live 12MP, spectral range 350-1100nm
Secondary: A4/Letter overview image, live 12MP, Spectral range 350-1100nm - Standard Illumination
Incident Flood – Visible, IR, UV-A, UV-B & UV-C (LED)
Transmitted – Flood: UV, Visible, IR (LED). Spot: 400-1000nm (LED)
Oblique/Side – Visible and IR (LED)
Variable Bandpass Spot – 16x Low Pass Filters, 16x High Pass Filters (250w)
Narrow Bandpass Spot – 400-1000nm: 1nm steps (100W) - Specialist Illumination
OVD – Two-axis Visible array (LED)
Coaxial – Segmented array (LED)
Anti-Stokes – IR 980nm (LED)
3D Imaging – Visible and IR (LED)
Phosphorescence – Pulsed UV (LED)
Polarised – Visible Polarised (LED) - Microspectrometer
Absorption, reflectance, transmission and fluorescence spectra –
Spectral Range: 400-1000nm, Spatial Resolution: 2nm. - XY-Stage
Motorised stage – Movement range of at lest 60 x 45mm, step resolution 0.01mm (10μm).
Powerful software capabilities also included:
- Advanced Imaging Modes
Super Resolution Imaging (SRi)
3D Imaging
HyperSpectral Imaging (HSi) requires spectrometer
High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR)
Focus Stacking/Focal Plane Merging - Image Comparison & Analysis
Live image mode with complete control of camera settings and functions
Document comparison mode (“Live vs Stored” images or “Stored vs Stored”)
Digital enhancement mode
Annotation and calibrated measurements
Digital zoom up to 16x.
Colour isolation and false-colour imaging
Machine Identification Code (MIC) / Counterfeit Protection System (CPS) toolbox
See more of our VSC9000 training photos below!
Warsash Scientific is proud to support such initiatives, driving growth and excellence within Forensic Science. A huge thank you to Pemulwuy Scene Section for hosting.
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