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Evidence Technology Magazine Interviews Grant Fredericks

2012-02-09T07:02:12Z

The 2011 hockey riots in Vancouver proved the value of the latest innovations in forensic video technology
Written by Dale Garrison

THE CITIZENS of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada are unlikely to recall anything very positive regarding the night of June 15, 2011. That was when the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins—prompting an estimated 150,000 people to riot in downtown Vancouver. In just a few hours, the offenders managed to amass nearly $4 million in damage.

Grant Fredericks Interviewed Regarding VPD Riot Investigation

2011-09-13T22:30:58Z

Vancouver riot investigators turn to U.S. lab to sift video evidence
The Vancouver Sun - 9/4/2011

In a few weeks, Vancouver’s riot investigators will travel to a lab at the University of Indianapolis where they will team up with about 30 forensic video experts from around the world to process and analyze 1,600 hours of riot footage.

Government Video Interviews Larry Compton on Courtroom Multimedia Systems

2011-06-15T22:09:27Z

Courtroom Multimedia Systems Help Weigh Justice
by James Careless
Government Video Magazine - June 13, 2011

Today, judges and juries expect evidence to be presented using multimedia whenever possible; be it footage from a CCTV video camera or photos taken by an ATM machine.

United Nations releases Grant Fredericks' Report on alleged War Crimes

2011-06-02T23:14:41Z

UN Experts: Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide Video is Real
Salem-News.com

(SALEM) - A UN Special Rapporteur confirmed Tuesday that a video allegedly depicting Sri Lanka Army (SLA) forces executing Tamil Tigers was authentic, and that the video was “prima facie evidence of international crimes.”

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Caught on Camera - The clear capture of officer murders is a grim reality of this powerful technology

2011-02-14T17:47:44Z

THE UBIQUITY of mobile video recording systems in police vehicles illustrates a grim statistic: on-duty deaths were up last year by a staggering 26 percent, highlighted by an equal rise in the number of officers murdered by gunfire: 49 in 2009 and 61 in 2010. Early 2011 statistics are even more frightening, with 11 officers shot in a single 24-hour period in January. The same number of officers were killed by gunfire last month alone, doubling the national trend of each of the previous years of the last decade…and an increasing number of officer deaths have been caught on dashboard cameras.

LEVA Announces Photographic/Video Comparison Course in Albany, NY

2011-01-19T21:14:24Z

LEVA recently announced that the New York State Police will be hosting their Photographic/Video Comparison course in Albany, NY April 4th through the 8th.

NIJ In-Car Video Standard DRAFT - Request for Comments due by 4/25/11

2010-12-23T08:00:00Z

(UPDATED DUE DATE) "In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will make available to the general public the draft Vehicular Digital Multimedia Evidence Recording System Standard for Law Enforcement." Mr. Fredericks has been working closely with the NIJ regarding this project. The VDMERS draft document and instructions on submitting comments are available here.

Seizure to Trial: A 2-Day, Hands-on FVA Workshop

2010-10-07T04:09:23Z

UPDATE - Class is FULL

Globally-recognized imaging analysis experts George Reis and Grant Fredericks team up to outline their proven methodology to DVR Processing.

Seizure to Trial: This two day hands-on lab exposes analysts to a step-by-step workflow for processing digital video evidence. What tools, in what order and why are common questions that instructors will use to guide students through a methodical explanation and demonstration of an effective FVA workflow. Seating is limited

Evidence Technology Magazine May-June Issue: Story on Forensic Video

2010-06-02T15:54:14Z

written by Grant Fredericks

"The science of forensic video analysis is not what it used to be. The recent migration from analog video to digital video recording (DVR) systems changed the foundation of recording technology and the way video evidence is processed.The switch from analog to digital has also brought a dramatic change to the way the courts look at video evidence."

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LEVA Publishes Best Practices for the Acquisition of DME v3.0

2010-04-15T21:11:03Z

LEVA has officially published version 3.0 of their Best Practices for the Acquisition of Digital Multimedia Evidence. Forensic Video Solutions is proud to have participated on the committee that further developed this document.