apart frm forensics what else do you use science for in police work

Question: apart frm forensics what else do you use science for in police work
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Asked by Ed to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 11 Mar 2015.
- Peter Maskell answered on 11 Mar 2015:
  
  criminology, criminal psychology amongst others.
- Shreesha Bhat answered on 12 Mar 2015:
  
  Technology is widely used in police work. CCTV cameras (product of science ofcourse) is a very widely used tool, which tells a lot about a particular crime scene as it is a direct evidence of a crime. The UK presently has an extensive automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) CCTV network, which helps in tracking any car by their numberplates, which can give a direct location to a crime suspect, and thus help in solving crime.

Question: apart frm forensics what else do you use science for in police work