The Lithuanian Police Forensic Science Centre (LPFSC) is a specialized police agency that provides comprehensive scientific technical assistance to the officials of the pre-trial investigation institutions of the state in the investigation of criminal activities and in carrying out their prevention.

Specialists of the LPFSC have the following functions:

• performing crime scene examination; finding, registering and collecting evidence of criminal activities and marks left in the crime scene, as well as other objects of significance for the disclosure and investigation of crimes;

• performing laboratory examination of criminal evidence and other objects by using scientific examination equipment and modern examination methods;

• collecting and managing central databases and collections and using them in the investigation of criminal activities.