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

Henry Swofford, SAC Chair, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gerry LaPorte, SAC Vice Chair, Florida International University

Miriam Angel, Forensic Document Examination Subcommittee Chair, Los Angeles Police Department

Heidi Eldridge, Friction Ridge Subcommittee Subcommittee Chair, George Washington University

David Kanaris, Footwear & Tire Subcommittee Chair, Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory

Holly Latham, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee Chair, Kansas Bureau of Investigation

Todd Weller, Firearms & Toolmarks Subcommittee Subcommittee Chair, Weller Forensics, LLC

Documents in Process

• Standard Guide for Developing Discipline Specific Methodology for ACE-V (currently at an SDO).

Presentations

• OSAC Public Update Meeting: Physics/Pattern Interpretation SAC Updates, June 2019.
• International Association for Identification (IAI): OSAC Physics/Pattern Interpretation SAC Update, August 2018.