OSAC Lexicon

An individual not yet authorized to conduct independent friction ridge examinations for the FSP; usually still in training, and has not yet successfully completed their FSP’s training program.

An individual not yet authorized to conduct independent friction ridge examinations for the FSP; usually still in training, and has not yet successfully completed their FSP’s training program.

Any member of a specific discipline who is in a situation of instructing any part of the canine team using established methods and validated training guidelines.

Goal oriented task designed to teach, correct, expand, improve, and maintain detection capabilities. (See reinforcement.)

The formal, structured process through which a person progresses from their current level of knowledge and expertise to the level of competency required to conduct specific tasks in accordance with American National Standards.

Target odor/scent sources used for training.

A record used to document the training of a canine, canine handler or canine team, maintained separately from other records, i.e., assessments, certifications or discipline-related deployment records. A record documenting the performance of the canine team, especially an account of an act or occurrence kept in writing or some other permanent form, i.e. electronic format which is discoverable.

A written description of activities to be performed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining competency and job-related knowledge, skills or abilities

The arched path that a projectile follows in flight, typically modeled as a straight line for shortrange paths.

An accumulation of ink found on both sides of an ink line, typically caused by squeegee effect from a gel ink pen.

Credit: Academy Standards Board

A group of records with information and biometric data concerning a particularindividual that is transmitted and / or stored as a complete unit.

A record type / field / subfield / information item / value.

Any transfer, compression, manipulation, re-formatting or re-storage of the originaldata. Transcoding can be lossless or lossy.

Imaging technique with light transmitted through an excised specimen.

A mutation that results in a change from one purine to the other purine (e.g., A-to-G) or one pyrimidine to the other pyrimidine (e.g., C-to-T).

A mutation that results in a change from one purine to the other purine (e.g., A to G) or one pyrimidine to the other pyrimidine (e.g., C to T).

Illumination that passes through a document. (ANSI/ASB Std 035)

A container used to appropriately move training aids in compliance with storage and handling guidelines of the Federal, state, and/or local agencies' policy.

A mutation that results in a change from a purine to pyrimidine or vice versa (e.g., A-to-T).

A mutation that results in a change from a purine to pyrimidine or vice versa (e.g., A to T).

Reporting of the location(s), dimension(s), and other observed characteristics of the skeletal defect(s).

Explanation regarding the mechanism, timing, direction of impact(s), and/or minimum number of impacts associated with skeletal defect(s) using quantitative and/or qualitative evidence.

The external factors that produce a skeletal defect.

Occurrence of a skeletal injury relative to an individual's time of death (e.g., antemortem or perimortem).

Shaky, irregular handwriting movements that are slowly executed or written by a person suffering from advanced age, nervousness, drug/alcohol influence, or physical/mental infirmities. These features can also be characteristic of unnaturally slow pen movements due to conscious attention to letterforms in deliberate drawings, rather than spontaneous writings.

The detection of three alleles in one individual at a particular STR locus.

The amount of force which must be applied to the trigger of a firearm to cause sear release. The direction of the applied force is approximately parallel to the bore axis.b

The amount of force which must be applied to the trigger of a firearm to cause sear release.

Credit: Academy Standards Board

The lighter or non-inked furrow between the tram lines typically seen in gel pen writing.

A conversation is a sequence of conversational turns. A turn is when an individualspeaks for a continuous period of time. Individual turns from different people mayoverlap when they speak simultaneously. However, typically a turn is referred to in aquestion / response environment.