StarWitnessInfo.com

  • Products
    • Child Advocacy Centers
    • Interview Room Recording
    • Interview Recording in the Field
    • Forensic Video Analysis
    • Video Evidence Recovery
  • Product Support
    • StarWitness Documentation
    • Product Training >
      • Renew your Support and Maintenance
    • Technical Support
    • Software Activation
  • Connect
    • Sales Inquiry
    • FAQ Page
    • Blog
    • Customer Feedback
    • Success Stories
  • About Us
  • starwitness field interviewer download
  • Products
    • Child Advocacy Centers
    • Interview Room Recording
    • Interview Recording in the Field
    • Forensic Video Analysis
    • Video Evidence Recovery
  • Product Support
    • StarWitness Documentation
    • Product Training >
      • Renew your Support and Maintenance
    • Technical Support
    • Software Activation
  • Connect
    • Sales Inquiry
    • FAQ Page
    • Blog
    • Customer Feedback
    • Success Stories
  • About Us
  • starwitness field interviewer download

Video evidence released: john Crawford shot by police

9/26/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
From the Washington Post:
Police said they responded to a 911 call of an armed man in the [Wal-Mart] store outside of Dayton on Aug. 5, and that they shot Crawford after he didn’t listen to commands to drop the gun. It turns out it was an air rifle that can shoot BBs or fire pellets.

The grand jury watched hours of video, listened to audio and heard the testimony of 18 witnesses. On the third day of convening, the jury decided that the officers were justified in their actions and declined to indict any officers.
Full story at the Washington Post.
0 Comments

VIDEO EVIDENCE BEST PRACTICES

9/23/2014

0 Comments

 
The Bureau of Justice Assistance recently released a list of best practices for video evidence. This list includes resources for the entire life-cycle of video evidence: recovery from the crime scene, integrity of the video, securing video from handheld devices, image analysis, video analysis, installation of CCTV equipment.

Download the guide at the DOJ's Justice Information Sharing [PDF].
Picture
0 Comments

Video evidence in Miami murder

6/6/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Video processed by StarWitness is one piece of evidence that has led Pembroke Pines Police to accuse Gerard Belmonte of beating his mother, Natalie Belmonte, to death. Here's a description of the video from CBS Miami:
The videos begin Saturday evening as Belmonte and his other climb into her red Lexus and head out to a party. The pair stop at a couple of stores on their way.
 
They arrive back home after 2:40 in the morning.

Hours later, the video shows the outlines of a person placing items in the car and driving off.

On one occasion, the person is seen dragging a large object from the house to the car.  According to Belmonte’s arrest affidavit, officers reviewing the tape said the object was consistent in size to that of an adult human being.
Read the full story at CBS Miami
0 Comments

Your mobile phone, subpoenaed

5/28/2014

0 Comments

 
Here's a recent question from one of our customers: Are there any good references that explain why it's not a good idea to recover video from a DVR by recording the screen with your mobile phone?

While we could discuss the quality of the recording, and there are a number of issues that cause the mobile phone recording to be of lower quality than the best evidence available from that DVR, there's a more straightforward reason to avoid recovering video evidence this way. If you record video evidence using the camera on a mobile phone that phone could be subpoenaed.

The Houston Police Officers’ Union warns their members, “those diabolic defense attorneys have a new one up their...sleeve”. They cite a number of situations where officers have received subpoenas for their phones. According to an article on lawofficer.com, Sgt. Richard Peña at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office describes the situation like this: “Every time you use a device to do something like take a photo, it’s understood that you may have to surrender that device and anything that’s in it.”

Read the Houston Police Officers’ Union article here: “Guard Your Cell Phone or Look Out for Subpoena”

Check out the full LAW OFFICER article at: lawofficer.com
0 Comments

    welcome

    Here you'll find the latest on information on video evidence and interview recording equipment for law enforcement, child advocacy centers, and government agencies.  
    SEARCH

    ARCHIVES

    March 2020
    February 2020
    May 2019
    July 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    September 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014

    CATEGORIES

    All
    Posted By Sam Burgiss
    Video Evidence
    Video Evidence Recovery

Headquarters
200 Regency Forest Drive, Suite 310, Cary, NC 27518
Copyright 2021 Signalscape, Inc.  All rights reserved.