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How a Canberra invention transformed crime scene investigation around the world

Summary by region.com.au
AFP Museum curator Sebastian Spencer with one of the original Polilight machines. Photo: James Coleman. How many criminals around the world have Canberra to thank for the fact they’re now behind bars? Turns out it’s probably in the hundreds of thousands. You’ve seen it on nearly every crime-related show: the police rock up to the crime scene, kill the lights and whip out their blue torches to scour for fingerprints, bodily fluids or any other si…
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region.com.au broke the news in on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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