Audio in Video Evidence
When performing an?audio and video authentication and analysis,a trained audio video forensic expert will utilize several methods in an attempt to detect an edit in a video recording that is used as evidence. Some of the time a critical ear can be just as important to a video forensic expert …Read More
Increase in Body Worn Cameras
In the last few years, Primeau Forensics has seen an increase in cases that involve surveillance video including body camera video recordings. This digital video evidence is very important in order of investigators and the Trier of Fact to understand the events as they occurred.
Much of this activity began back …Read More
Video Evidence ? South Carolina Officer Shooting Unarmed Black Man
A South Carolina police officer was arrested yesterday for the murder of an unarmed black man. This is all because of a video that surfaced of the North Charleston officer, Michael Slager, firing eight times at the unarmed man as the man fled in an open field.
According to police reports, …Read More
Boston Bombing and the Forensic Video Investigation
It is very obvious that we are vulnerable to attacks with little or no advance warning as exhibited in the recent bombing in Boston during the marathon. There are so far reported 176 casualties; 17 critical; 3 fatalities. Now the daunting task of forensic video investigation must take place.
Part of …Read More
The Power of Digital Forensic Analysis and CCTV.
More and more video evidence is entering the courtroom today than ever before. Some of the reasons for the increase in video evidence include the number of smartphones and closed circuit television network systems (CCTV) today. It is a fact that we are vulnerable to being on a video recording …Read More
Video Evidence in an Advanced Technology World
When I receive a video recording that is evidence to be used in litigation there are several activities, as a video forensic expert, that I employ during the video investigation. First, watching the file in its entirety, viewing the contents of that video, is important for the forensic expert examination …Read More
Cloud Storage for Evidence Sharing
About a week ago I was called by Wired Magazine and interviewed about cloud storage for evidence sharing. My first thought was that cloud storage is a great technological advance and is very convenient for the courts, police and lawyers who all need copies of audio and video forensic evidence.? …Read More
What is an Audio Video Expert Witness?
Because there is more audio video evidence being presented in the court system today than ever before, there is a need for professionals to specialize in audio video forensics. ?A professional who has been practicing audio and video engineering for ten or more years has the experience and expertise to …Read More
Appeal Cases on the Rise
I have noticed lately that many Americans are being convicted of crimes that they are innocent of in the United States of America, instead of what is written in our constitution: when accused of a crime, we are guilty until proven innocent.
As a result, innocent people are imprisoned and appeal …Read More
Video Forensics: Junk Science?or the Real Deal?
It seemed like a routine traffic stop?or was it? The police said they had probable cause, but did they? The video footage, retrieved from the very sophisticated, digital-video surveillance system mounted in the police car, shows tinted windows on the victim?s car; so how could the police see they had …Read More