Mission
The Association’s mission is to drive up standards by means of a Code of Conduct for members.
Vision
The Association’s vision is to establish the discipline of Super Recognition as a forensic science.
Our Objectives
To develop the science of super recognition thus establishing it as a recognised branch of forensic science.
To work with academic bodies to encourage research and development in the abilities of a Super Recogniser.
To encourage, develop and assist our licentiates’ career prospects as Super Recognisers.
To recognise excellence in the profession by staging awards and commendations regionally and globally.
To set ambitious standards of performance across the industry.
To enable dialogue, communication and thought leadership amongst our licentiates to further develop the skills of Super Recognisers including providing legal and operational updates.
To provide a certificate for all licentiates and fellows.
Code of Conduct for Super Recognisers
As a member of the Association of Super Recognisers you must, when called on to assist the police, government agency or any other public or private investigation:
Acknowledge, in the same manner as those concerned with finding forensic evidence, that your overriding duty is to the court and to the administration of justice.
Act with honesty, integrity, objectivity and impartiality, being independently minded and producing all relevant images of those involved in an offence or incident, so that the submitting agency and any future court hearing will have the benefit of impartial identification evidence.
Comply with the legal obligations, including Human Rights legislation, Codes of Practice or other legal or police guidelines, enacted in the jurisdiction(s) in which you practice or where the case originated.
Take all reasonable steps to maintain and develop your professional competence when using any viewing equipment, acting in conformity with any related Standard Operating Procedures.
Treat all video footage, images or other related data as evidence and ensure that there is no unauthorised disclosure or breaches of data protection or privacy legislation imposed in the jurisdiction(s) in which you practice or where footage originates, acting in compliance with any Data Protection Impact Assessment or similar document relating to the case.
Use any official equipment only for the purposes for which it was supplied and not for any private purposes.
Preserve confidentiality unless the law obliges, a court or tribunal orders, or a customer explicitly authorises disclosure.
Declare if there is any conflict of interest, particularly when viewing images, where any persons shown thereon are known in a private, professional or other capacity.
Inform a supervisor as soon as possible, if it suspected that any other person has acted dishonestly, breached a law or Code of Practice (including this code) or has made an unauthorised or unlawful disclosure of data or images.
Act in a manner which will preserve the good reputation of the Association.
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