OSAC Subcommittee on Friction Ridge
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:05 am
Twenty members have been announced for the "OSAC Subcommittee on Friction Ridge." This group will replace SWGFAST in writing standards for the practice of latent print examination. Half of the members of this subcommittee were members of SWGFAST, so there should be some continuity in the direction SWGFAST was taking the science.
I urge all readers of this forum to keep up with the workings of this new group. Do not hesitate to contact any of them with your questions, concerns, or comments regarding the way you think a latent print unit should operate, or the way you think things should be done on an individual level. These good folks will determine how we do fingerprints for decades to come. They need all the help they can get to ensure their decisions incorporate the best practices of science, while also reflecting the consensus of those of us working in the field.
See the list of "OSAC Subcommittee on Friction Ridge" at http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osac/sub- ... -ridge.cfm
I urge all readers of this forum to keep up with the workings of this new group. Do not hesitate to contact any of them with your questions, concerns, or comments regarding the way you think a latent print unit should operate, or the way you think things should be done on an individual level. These good folks will determine how we do fingerprints for decades to come. They need all the help they can get to ensure their decisions incorporate the best practices of science, while also reflecting the consensus of those of us working in the field.
See the list of "OSAC Subcommittee on Friction Ridge" at http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osac/sub- ... -ridge.cfm
OSAC Subcommittee on Friction Ridge
The Subcommittee on Friction Ridge will focus on standards and guidelines related to forensic examination of fingerprints, palm prints, and footprints made through impressions. Initial members, appointed in October 2014, are:
Melissa Gische, Subcommittee Chair, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rachelle Babler, San Diego (California) Police Department
John Black, Black and White Forensics, LLC
Kerrie Cathcart, Target Forensic Services Laboratory
Heidi Eldridge, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Michael French, MorphoTrak, LLC
Edward German, U.S. Federal Government
Hariharan Iyer, Ph.D., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Louis Kriel, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Mark Mills, Onondaga County (New York) Center for Forensic Sciences
Eric Ray, Arizona Department of Public Safety
Alison Rees, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Andrew Reitnauer, Nassau County (New York) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Latent Print Section
Maria Antonia Roberts, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Matthew Schwarz, Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc.
Carl Speckels, City of Phoenix (Arizona) Crime Laboratory
Henry Swofford, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Forensic Science Center
Elham Tabassi, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maria Weir, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Lisa Zinn, Orange County (California) Sheriff's Crime Laboratory