foster + freeman

Description

SICAR^®6, is the latest version of Foster & Freeman’s evidence management system, and has been extended to handle tyre marks as well as shoe prints.

Facilities provided by SICAR^®6 include:

Identifying shoeprints and tyre tread marks

SICAR^®6 adopts a simple coding technique to characterize shoe prints and tyre treads which forms the basis for the database search and match operations. The process, which takes no longer than a minute or two, enables the operator to create a coded description of a pattern by identifying elemental features such as lines, waves, zigzags, circles, diamonds and blocks etc.

Statistical reports

SICAR^®6 provides information on the frequency of occurrence of a shoe sole or tyre tread pattern at crime scenes and is an estimate of the popularity of shoes or tyres using the pattern. An internal auditing programme also allows you to monitor the use and effectiveness of the system by monitoring key statistics.

Power to link records

SICAR^®6 can be used to create links between records, either automatically, as a result of a database search that results in two shoe print or tyre mark records being matched, or manually based on additional intelligence. For example, manual links can be made between the records of a suspect and a known associate or the shoe print records taken from several scenes of crime with a similar modus operandi or different tyre marks found at the crime scene. All links are displayed in a simple ‘tree’ that allows the operator to follow up the associations quickly.

Dealing with partial prints

An image compositor has been added to allow several partial scene-of-crime shoe prints or tyre marks to be joined together to form a more complete image, making visual comparison and matching easier.

Optional Accessories

SICAR^®6 can be used in conjunction with the following reference databases:

SoleMate shoe print database

 

TreadMate tyre mark database

 

National Footwear Records Collection (Applicable to UK only)