Police Service of Northern Ireland Mapping Section Police Headquarters 65 Knock Road Belfast BT5 6LE Tel: 028 9065 0222 Ext: 22340 Fax: 028 9025 9107 email: mappingsection@psni.pnn.police.uk Police Services of Northern Ireland website

Mapping Section form part of the Scientific Support Branch of Crime Operations Department in PSNI. They attend about 800 scenes of Serious Crime & Serious Road Traffic Collisions each year. Based at Police Headquarters, Belfast they produce cartographic products for use by police, the courts and other government departments in the prevention, investigation and detection of serous crime. As well as Mapping Section; Scientific Support Branch consists of CSI, Fingerprint, Photographic and Weapons/ Explosives Intelligence Specialists. PSNI Departments use mapping in a number of GIS systems with data supplied by Land & Property Services (NI). Mapping Section are custodians of this Mapbase for PSNI. The Section also produces cartographic products for event, operational and emergency planning. This includes intelligence & counter-terrorism work. PSNI have been corporate members of The BCS since September 2009.