(Ret.) Police Sergeant Michael W. Streed, also known as – The SketchCop®, is an award-winning, internationally-recognized Forensic Facial Imaging Expert based in the Los Angeles-Baltimore/Washington DC Metropolitan areas.For the last 40 years, Michael has combined his extensive law enforcement experience and considerable art skills to provide forensic facial imaging services to some of the largest, most diverse, police agencies in the United States, including the Baltimore and Los Angeles Police Departments.As Baltimore Police Department’ s first ever, full-time, I.A.I. Certified Forensic Artist; Michael was tasked with building their Forensic Facial Imaging Unit from the ‘ground up’. Once established, he handled one of the country’s busiest caseloads, distinguishing his unit as the first-of-its-kind to be awarded ISO 17020 accreditation. Sergeant Streed is pleased to collaborate with SIFS to bring this valuable service to Indian law enforcement and the global community-at-large.
