Kyprianos Georgiou, Editor
From the Editor
(The above image was taken from this
site)
It has now been over a month
since our 3-day conference
in May 2015. Three
interesting days not only at
the conference but also in
beautiful New Orleans.
It is now the time for our
next newsletter "The
Examiner". Like I mentioned
in the previous edition, we
will be exploring different
issues that CSIs are phased
with on their day-to-day
investigations. In this
month's edition, we will be
exploring "Footwear
Impressions". Throughout
this newsletter, different
sections are coloured in
blue and underlined. If you
click on these
words/sentences they will
open new windows with more
information and details
about footwear
impression evidence.
If you have any questions or
comments or if you would
like to contribute any
articles in future
newsletters, please do not
hesitate to contact me
through this link K.Georgiou@tees.ac.uk
Director's Letter
Greetings Members!
It is now July and the heat of the
Summer is upon us. With that comes the
increase in crime and difficult working
conditions. Stay alert and stay safe!
Since our last newsletter we have had a
successful CSI Conference in New Orleans
thanks to Chad Pitfield. Those that
missed the experience missed a great
deal of sharing information, knowledge
and networking. The internationals were
well represented and it was great to see
the international interest plus share
their experiences with us. While we did
not have the turnout we had hoped for we
still had a good attendance. Twelve
vendors displayed at the conference
which is an increase from the 5 we had
last year. The word is out, this is THE
CSI conference to attend. We look
forward to seeing you all again next
year as well as those that could not
make it this year. MARK your calendars
for May 2016. The final arrangements are
being made for the location and dates so
please keep an eye on the web site for
additional information.
If you have an article or photographs to
share with us either for the newsletter
or for the “White Pages” section of the
Members only area of the web site please
submit it to us for review. The
Association is only as good as the
participation of the membership. Get
involved! Be active in ICSIA!
ICSIA's 2015 Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana (Jefferson
Parish)
Welcomes the 2015 ICSIA Conference.
May 19th-21st, 2015
Three wonderful days full of interesting
presentations and break-out sessions
related to different aspects of Crime
Scene Investigation. I would formally
like to thank Chad for chairing an
incredible conference. Please
go on ICSIA's website to view the
pictures from the conference and a
detailed agenda from the conference.
Collection, preservation and analysis of
footwear impressions
The Scientific
Working Group for Shoeprint and Tire
Tread Evidence(SWGTREAD) is an
organization formed by the FBI in the
early 2000s. The mission of SWGTREAD is
to provide a professional forum where
forensic shoeprint and tire tread
examiners can share knowledge, evaluate
practices, develop standards, identify
research needs and disseminate
information.
Even though a direct comparison of a
footwear impression and a shoe cannot
identify the wearer, it can help the
investigators with further enquiries for
identifying the person who was wearing a
particular type of shoe at a crime
scene. This will then subsequently
assist in identifying if the individual
was at the crime scene before/during or
after the crime occurred.
SWGTREAD has developed and published a
number of standards for the detection,
collection and preparation of footwear
impressions from various surfaces at
crime scenes and in the laboratory.
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