IAI -- SWGTREAD

The Scientific Working Group on Shoeprint and Tire Tread Evidence (SWGTREAD) was created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to serve as a professional forum in which experts in the forensic analysis of shoeprint and tire tread evidence and practitioners from related fields, share, discuss, and evaluate methods, techniques, protocols, quality assurance, education and research relating to shoeprint and tire tread evidence. The first meeting was held in Quantico, VA in September 2004. Meetings are generally held in the Spring and Fall of each year.

The following examiners are regular members:

Machelle Reid, FBI Laboratory (Chair)
Tom Adair, Westminster Police Department
William J. Bodziak, Bodziak Forensics
Eric Gilkerson, FBI Laboratory
Lesley Hammer, State of Alaska, DPS
Gary Hauptmann, Baltimore County Police Department
Cindy Homer, Maine State Police Crime Laboratory
Alan Kainuma, Honolulu Police Department
Michael B. Smith, FBI Laboratory
James Streeter, Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory

When draft documents are created, they will be included below. As always, we solicit your review of these documents and request that you comment on them.

Formal changes to SWGTREAD documents will only be considered if the following information is included:

Title of the document for which the change is suggested;
Name of individual requesting the change;
Organization or Affiliation of the requestor;
Address of the organization;
Telephone number and e-mail address, if available;
Specific identification of wording to be eliminated or changed, noting document section and/ or page number; (if applicable)
Specific wording to be added; (if applicable)
Justification describing reason for making the change.

If simply submitting comments, please be sure to include the following:

Your name;
Your job title;
Name and address of your agency;
Telephone number and E-mail address at which you may be reached (if available); and
Identify the specific document, section and/or page number to which you are referring, if applicable.

If replying electronically, include your name and address information in the body of your e-mail and enter “SWGTREAD Feedback” as your “subject” line. You may include your comments in the body of your e-mail or as an attachment in Word format.

Forward your comments to the following e-mail address: machelle.reid@ic.fbi.gov.

If replying via regular mail, include your name and address information in a cover letter, followed by your comments, and forward them to the following address:

Machelle Reid
FBI Laboratory – QDU
2501 Investigation Parkway
Quantico, VA 22135

Respectfully,
Machelle Reid
SWGTREAD Chair

All documents on this page are in the Acrobat PDF format.

SWGTREAD responses to National Academy of Sciences Executive Summary: “Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community”: