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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:

Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Dogs & Sensors

Members

Michael Kessler, SAC Chair, Texas Tech University

Michele Smith, SAC Vice Chair and Terminology Task Group Member, Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory

Charles S. DeFrance, Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee Chair, Private

Paola Prada-Tiedemann, Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee Chair, Texas Tech University

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

Richard Lempert, SAC Member (Human Factors), University of Michigan

Ronald Reinstein, SAC Member (Legal), Arizona Supreme Court

Vacant, SAC Member (Quality)

Vacant, SAC Member (Statistics)

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 November 17, 2025
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