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Physics/Pattern Interpretation Scientific Area Committee
The Physics/Pattern Interpretation 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:
- Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
- Firearms & Toolmarks
- Friction Ridge
- Footwear & Tire
- Forensic Document Examination
Members
Melissa Gische, SAC Chair, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gerry LaPorte, SAC Vice Chair, Florida International University
Lisa Hanson, Forensic Document Examination Subcommittee Chair, Midwest Questioned Documents, LLC
David Kanaris, Footwear & Tire Subcommittee Chair, Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
Holly Latham, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee Chair, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Erica Lawton, Firearms & Toolmarks Subcommittee Chair, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences; University of South Alabama
Henry Swofford, Friction Ridge Subcommittee Chair, HJS Consulting, LLC
Documents in Process
- Standard Guide for Developing Discipline Specific Methodology for ACE-V (currently at an SDO).