Scene Examination Scientific Area Committee

The Scene Examination 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
• Dogs & Sensors
• Fire & Explosion Investigation

Members

Michael Kessler, SAC Chair, Denton (TX) Police Department 

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

Charles S. DeFrance, Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee Chair, Federal Bureau of Investigation

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

David Sheppard, Ph.D., Fire & Explosion Investigation Subcommittee Chair, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Presentations

• OSAC Public Update Meeting: Scene Examination SAC Updates, September 2021.
• OSAC Public Update Meeting: Crime Scene/Death Investigation SAC Updates, June 2019.