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Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee
The Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to performance of deployed dog/handler teams and optimization of their combination with electronic detection devices.
Officers | Members | Standards | Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents | Research & Development Needs | Presentations
Officers
Paola Prada-Tiedemann, Ph.D., Subcommittee Chair, Texas Tech University
Members
Don Blair, Self-employed
Deborah Burnett, Tennessee Task Force One - FEMA
Deborah Davis, University of Nevada, Reno (Human Factors Representative)
Kenneth Furton, Florida International University
Julia Leighton, Self-employed (Legal Representative)
Melanie McMillin, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (Quality Representative)
Herbert Nakamura, Hawaii K-9 Koncepts
Sara Suzanne Perry, Sumner County Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Mark Rispoli, Self-employed
Craig Schultz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul Waggoner, Ph.D., Auburn University
Standards
Tier 1: On the OSAC Registry
- ASB Technical Report 025, Crime Scene/Death Investigation - Dogs and Sensors - Terms and Definitions, First Edition, 2017 (effective October 1, 2019).
Tier 2: Published by a Standards Developing Organization (SDO)
- ASB Technical Report 025, Crime Scene/Death Investigation - Dogs and Sensors - Terms and Definitions, First Edition, 2017.
- ANSI/ASB Standard 088, General Guidelines for Training, Certification, and Documentation of Canine Detection Disciplines, First Edition 2020.
Tier 3: Sent to an SDO
- Canine Detection of Humans: Location Check Using Pre-Scented Canines.
- Standard for Training and Certification for Canine Detection of Humans: An Aged Trail Using Pre-Scented Canines.
- Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Humans: Patrol Canine Team.
- Agriculture Detection - Canine Training, Certification, and Document Management Standards.
- Canine Detection of Human Remains in Water.
- Canine Detection of Human Remains on Land.
- Canine Detection of Human Scented Articles.
- Presentation of Canine Detection Evidence in Court.
- Detection Canine Selection, Kenneling and Healthcare.
- Canine Detection of Narcotics.
- Canine Detection of Explosives.
- Canine Detection of Media.
Tier 4: Under Development
- Standard for Disaster Live Human Detection Dogs Programs - Training, Certification, and Documentation.
- Standards for Disaster Human Remains Detection Dogs.
- Canine Detection of Contraband.
- Canine Career Field Progression System.
- Canine Detection of Pests and Insects.
- Canine Detection of Accelerants.
- Canine Detection of Person(s) During a Human Scent Identification Lineup.
- Canine Detection of Microbial Organisms.
Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents
The Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) has provided the opportunity for OSAC subcommittees to identify baseline documents and reference materials that best reflect the current state of the practice within their respective disciplines.
These documents contain practical information regarding these disciplines that can help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, other interested parties and the general public, to better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as they are currently practiced.
It is important to note that the identification of these documents in this venue does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only documents that are posted on the OSAC Registry constitute OSAC endorsement. All copyrights for these documents are reserved by their owners. Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee represent the consensus opinion of the subcommittee, not necessarily the position of the entire OSAC organization or NIST.
- SWGDOG Canine Career Field Progression System
- SWGDOG General Guidelines
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Article Search
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Non-Specific Human Scent Wilderness Area Search (Air Scent)
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Pre-Scented Canine - Aged Trail Search
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Pre-Scented Canines - Location Check
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Scent Identification Lineup
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Searching for Live People in Disaster Environments
- SWGDOG Human Scent Dogs - Tracking, Trailing People Based on Last Known Position
- SWGDOG Kenneling and Healthcare
- SWGDOG Outreach and Education
- SWGDOG Presentation of Evidence in Court
- SWGDOG Research and Technology
- SWGDOG Selection of Handlers
- SWGDOG Selection of Serviceable Dogs
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Accelerant Detection
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Agricultural Substance Detection
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Contraband Detection
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Explosives Detection
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Human Remains Detection (HRD) Land and Water
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Narcotics Section
- SWGDOG Substance Detector Dogs - Pest and Insect Detection
- SWGDOG Terminology
Research & Development Needs
- See the research and development needs identified by the Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee.
Presentations
- None currently.