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Benefits of Implementing Standards on the OSAC Registry: Jeremy Triplett
Jeremy Triplett from the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory.
A series of communications from the OSAC Program Office will feature observations from the perspective of our colleagues about the benefits they experienced from implementing standards on the OSAC Registry.
To kick off this series, our first guest is well known to most of us. Jeremy Triplett is the Director of the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort. Jeremy was the first Chair of the OSAC Forensic Science Standards Board, and in 2019, one of the first two forensic science service providers to receive an OSAC Registry Standards Implementer Certificate!
Jeremy has been a staunch advocate of implementing standards and mentoring other forensic scientists on the merits of the implementation process. Here is what he writes about the virtues of implementing standards:
In the decade since its beginning, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees has drawn upon tens of thousands of hours of insight, perspective, and diligent work from hundreds of forensic scientists across the globe to evaluate forensic standards and best practices and facilitate improvements, where needed. The collaborative work between forensic science discipline experts and subject matter experts from the quality, statistics, and legal communities has generated the OSAC Registry that represents the “best of the best” in forensic practice.
At the Kentucky State Police Forensic Laboratories, we have committed to implementing standards on the OSAC Registry, wherever practicable. Not only does this ensure we are using the most highly vetted, rigorous standards, but it also honors the work put forth by the forensic community in this huge endeavor.
The value that the OSAC Registry offers is a work product that’s driven by forensic scientists and informed by expert stakeholders from all 50 states and abroad. Forensic laboratories should consider implementing that work product, where practical. The result is not only rigorous forensic practice, but also a respect for the substantial investment made by forensic scientists over the last decade.