Tracy Alexander FKC
Tracy Alexander has worked in
forensic science since 1992. Her original post with the Metropolitan Police
Service Directorate of Forensic Services incorporated fingerprint expertise and
crime scene skills after which she progressed to working on major homicide
investigations. She was the head of the Forensic Intelligence Bureau where she
worked on multiple projects including the National Ballistics Intelligence
Service and DNA search tools for mass fatalities. She is currently working as Disaster
Victim Identification Co-Ordinator for the Home Office. In addition, she is
Director of Forensic Services at the City of London Police, which comprises
responsibility for high tech digital and cybercrime, coronial investigations,
scenes of crime, fingerprint bureau, chemical enhancement laboratory and
collision investigation unit. She is a Fellow of King’s College London, the
President of the British Academy of Forensic Scientists, a trustee and advisory
panel member of Inside Justice and a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic
Scientists. Her current focus in research is the provision of forensic
intervention to tackle wildlife crime, with particular emphasis on rhino horn,
ivory and pangolin scales.