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Scene Scientific Area Committee

The Scene Scientific Area Committee (SAC) provides strategic direction, serves as a platform to integrate similar standards activities across multiple forensic science disciplines, and manages the activities of the following subcommittees:

Members

Michael Kessler, SAC Chair, Field Forensics

Michele Smith, SAC Vice Chair, Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory

Maria Pettolina, Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee Chair, Syracuse University

Katylynn Sloan, Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee Chair, U.S. Secret Service

Kevin Winer, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee Chair, Kansas City Police Department

Mary Gregg, National Institute of Standards and Technology (statistics representative)

Nicholas Klingerman, Arizona Attorney General's Office (legal representative)

Catherine Knutson, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (quality representative)

Richard Lempert, University of Michigan (human factors representative)

Ronald Reinstein, Arizona Supreme Court (legal representative)

Presentations

OSAC Public Update Meeting: Scene Examination SAC Updates, September 2021

OSAC Public Update Meeting: Crime Scene/Death Investigation SAC Updates, June 2019

Created August 28, 2020, Updated October 2, 2026
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