Tire Track & Tire Impression Evidence Examination (For Examiners)

This 5-day (40-hour) course provides essential information for examiners of tire impression evidence who write reports and testify about their observations and conclusions. Basic tire construction and manufacturing, as it assists in the evaluation of class characteristics, is addressed. Class characteristics of noise treatments are explained. Tire wear and random individual characteristics, which enable positive identification of a tire, are covered. Students will conduct numerous exercises and case examinations. Exercise results will be discussed to teach and re-enforce both fundamental examination methodology and observations. These discussions will provide experience with a variety of kinds of examination results and the reporting of those results. Hands-on experience with creating exemplary impressions of tires for subsequent examination will be included. Also, valuable information about retread tires, tire databases and sources of information will be disclosed.