= Some Work Completed = Needs Further Research

SAC: PHYSICS/PATTERN

ROADMAP FOR FRICTION RIDGE (FRS)

Discipline – Friction Ridge

Testing/Examination Quality Assurance

= Some Work Completed = Needs Further Research

Minimum 

Qualifications

Consultation

Verification of Lab 

Records

Method/Process 

Examination

Examiner/Personnel

Training to 

Competency

Recruiting/Selection 

Requirements 

(Pattern)

Professional Conduct

Proficiency Testing

Verification

Testimony Monitoring

Performance Checks

Technical 

Manager/Leader

Technical Review

Method Validation

Case Acceptance 

Criteria

Conflict Resolution

Lab Set Up

Digital Reporting and 

Documentation

Method/Process 

Detection

Examination 

Document

Analysis Best 

Practices

Comparison & 

Evaluation Best 

Practices

Terminology Articulation for ID

Reporting Results

Conclusions

Documentation

Digital Image 

Processing

ABIS Best Practices
= Some Work Completed = Needs Further Research

SAC: PHYSICS/PATTERN

ROADMAP FOR FRICTION RIDGE (FRS)

Friction Ridge 

Research Projects

Friction Ridge 

Statistical Modeling

Latent Fingerprint 

Image Quality Usage

ACE-V Bias

Examiner 

Consistency During 

Friction Ridge 

Feature Mark-Up

Assessing the 

Sufficiency and 

Strength of Friction 

Ridge Features

Close Non-Match 

Assessment
= Some Work Completed = Needs Further Research

Discipline - Specific Baseline Documents

( http://www.clpex.com/swgfast/Documents.html)

(https://www.nist.gov/topics/forensic -science/friction -ridge -subcommittee)

OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee's Response to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's (PCAST) Request for Additional 

References - Submitted December 14, 2016

OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee's Response to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's (PCAST) Request for Information –

Submitted December 2015

SWGFAST Position Statement on the Role of AFIS Ranks and Scores and the ACE-V Process

SWGFAST Guideline for the Articulation of the Decision-Making Process for the Individualization in Friction Ridge Examination (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard Friction Ridge Automation Training (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Application of Blind Verification of Friction Ridge Examinations (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Recommendations for Competency Testing of Noncertified Latent Print Examiners (Latent) Position Statement

SWGFAST Standard for Consultation (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standards for Examining Friction Ridge Impressions and Resulting Conclusions (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standards for Examining Friction Ridge Impressions and Resulting Conclusions (Latent/Tenprint) Draft for Comment

SWGFAST A Model Policy for Friction Ridge Examiner Professional Conduct (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standards for Minimum Qualifications and Training to Competency for Friction Ridge Examiner Trainees (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for a Quality Assurance Program in Friction Ridge Examinations (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Definition and Measurement of Rates of Errors and Non-Consensus Decisions in Friction Ridge Examination (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for Simultaneous Impression Examination (Latent)

SWGFAST Standard for Friction Ridge Impression Digital Imaging (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for Reporting Friction Ridge Examinations (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Documentation of Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification (ACE-V) (Latent)

SWGFAST Standard for the Documentation of Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification (ACE-V) in Tenprint Operations (Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for Friction Ridge Comparison Proficiency Testing Program (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Review of Testimony of Friction Ridge Examiners (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard Terminology of Friction Ridge Examination (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Technical Review of Friction Ridge Examinations (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Uniform Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Feature Symbols Position Statement (Latent/Tenprint)

SWGFAST Standard for the Validation and Performance Review of Friction Ridge Impression Development and Examination Techniques (Latent/Tenprint)