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Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee
The Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee supports development of standards and guidance for crime scene investigations.
Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products
Officers
Charles S. DeFrance, Subcommittee Chair, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jeffery Tomberlin, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Texas A&M University
Jane Northup, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory (Quality Task Group representative)
Members
Dan Alessio, Oregon State Police
Jeremy Chappell, Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
James Gibson, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Karen Green, GReen Forensics, Inc.
Mary Gregg, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Statistics Task Group representative)
Leah Innocci, Northwest Kansas Technical College
Jason Keller, Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Matthew Noedel, Noedel Scientific
Clint Norris, New Mexico State Police
Kevin Parmelee, Somerset County Prosecutor's Office (NJ) (Fire & Explosion Investigation affiliate)
Maria Pettolina, Syracuse University
Christine Pinto, Los Angeles County Police Department (Trace Materials affiliate)
Ronald Reinstein, Arizona Supreme Court (Legal Task Group representative)
Celestina Rossi, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Conroe, Texas (Bloodstain Pattern Analysis affiliate)
Bryan Smith, Georgia Bureau of Investogation
Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM, Forensic Veterinary Investigations, LLC
Andrea Zaferes, Dutchess County Medical Examiner
Neil Zelinski, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Affiliate List
Solicitation for Industry Collaboration
The Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction (CSIR) Subcommittee is currently drafting standards for terrestrial laser scanners (TLS). We are seeking technical points-of-contact with TLS manufacturers who can be available to answer technical questions from the subcommittee about their device's capabilities to ensure that the standards being drafted can be successfully implemented. Please contact CSIR Subcommittee Chair Charles S. DeFrance at csdefrance [at] fbi.gov (csdefrance[at]fbi[dot]gov) if your company is interested in participating.
Standards
On the OSAC Registry
- ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 160 Best Practice Recommendation for Initial Response at Scenes by Law Enforcement Officers, 2024, 1st Ed. (added April 2, 2024)
- ANSI/ASB Standard 159 Standard for Scene Investigation and Reconstruction - Foundational Principles, 2024, 1st Ed. (added April 2, 2024)
- ANSI/ASTM E2917-24a Standard Practice for Forensic Science Practitioner Training, Continuing Education, and Professional Development Programs (added October 1, 2024)
- OSAC 2021-N-0018 Standard for On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence (added February 6, 2024)
- OSAC 2021-N-0019 Standard Practice for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes (added November 1, 2022)
- OSAC 2022-N-0025 Standard for Scene Response: Initial Response by Scene Investigators (added October 4, 2022)
- OSAC 2022-N-0035 Standard for On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Document Evidence (added January 5, 2023)
- OSAC 2022-N-0039 Standard for the Collection and Preservation of Entomological Evidence from a Terrestrial Environment (added May 7, 2024)
- OSAC 2022-S-0036 Standard Method for the Chemical Testing of Suspected Projectile Impacts for Copper and Lead (added April 2, 2024)
- OSAC 2023-N-0002 Standard for Scene Documentation Procedures (added January 3, 2024)
- OSAC 2023-N-0003 Standard for Diagramming Scenes (added July 2, 2024)
Published by a Standards Developing Organization (SDO) & Eligible for OSAC Registry Review
At an SDO for Further Development & Publication
- ASB Standard 195 Standard for Scene Response: Initial Response by Scene Investigators
- ASB Standard 196 Standard Practice for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes
- ASB Standard 207 Standard for On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Document Evidence
- OSAC 2021-N-0018 Standard for On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2021-N-0019 Standard Practice for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2022-N-0025 Standard for Scene Response: Initial Response by Scene Investigators (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2022-N-0035 Standard for On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Document Evidence (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2022-N-0039 Standard for the Collection and Preservation of Entomological Evidence from a Terrestrial Environment (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2022-S-0036 Standard Method for the Chemical Testing of Suspected Projectile Impacts for Copper and Lead (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2023-N-0002 Standard for Scene Documentation Procedures (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
- OSAC 2023-N-0003 Standard for Diagramming Scenes (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
Under Development
- Guideline for Documenting Bloodstains on Textiles
- OSAC 2022-S-0037 Standards for DNA-based Taxonomic Identification in Forensic Entomology
- OSAC 2023-N-0020 Standard for the On-Scene Collection and Preservation of Friction Ridge Impressions
- OSAC 2024-N-0019 Standard Terms and Definitions for Shooting Reconstruction
- OSAC 2025-N-0003 Standard Terminology for Shooting Reconstruction
- OSAC 2025-N-0004 Standard Criteria for Crime Scene Reconstruction
- Standard for Calibration and Performance Testing of Terrestrial Laser Scanners
- Standard for On-scene Collection and Preservation of Biological Evidence
- Standard for On-scene Collection and Preservation of Firearms Evidence
- Standard for Quality Assurance of Distance Measurement Devices
- Standard for Rearing of Insect Larva
- Standard Method for Establishing a Bullet Path
- Standard Method for the Collection and Processing of 3D Data from Terrestrial Laser Scanners
- Standard Method for the On-scene Testing of Suspected Blood
- Standard Methodology in Crime Scene Reconstruction
- Standard Terminology for Aquatic Scenes
- Standard Terminology for Veterinary Forensics