Tag: Crime Scene Investigations: Page 9

Technology

MultiVision USA Oblique Imagery Software

MultiVision USA

MultiVision USA utilizes an advanced aerial imaging system to acquire high-resolution oblique imagery to provide multi-perspective and 3D viewing and modeling capabilities. MultiVision software provides onscreen tools to measure vertical and horizontal structures, such as building facades, backyard patios, and terrain features, from any angle or direction in the imagery.

October 31, 2006

Patrol

ZipWall Caution Tape Reel

ZipWall

ZipWall’s new Caution Tape Reel and spring-loaded poles turn standard caution tape into a custom barricade. Simply position ZipWall’s poles along the desired perimeter and thread the Caution Tape Reel along the poles, locking the tape into place on the poles at either end of the barricade.

September 30, 2006

Patrol

Rotting Body Discovered During Filming for TV Show

Life imitated art for hit forensic investigation drama CSI: New York when a real mummified corpse was found in the building where an episode was being filmed.

August 31, 2006

Technology

The CAD Zone Crash Zone/Crime Zone Software 8.0

The CAD Zone

Version 8.0 of The CAD Zone’s Crash Zone and Crime Zone diagramming software for crash and crime scene investigation has improved forensic mapping and 3D capabilities. The new version can quickly perform a skid analysis, pose bodies in 3D so they appear in your diagrams just as they’re found at the scene, create an exact stairway based on the dimension of individual steps or the overall staircase, and more, while offering more symbols and realistic shading options for surfaces.

August 31, 2006

Patrol

Xenopus Electronix Forensic Flashlights

Xenopus Electronix

Xenopus Electronix crime scene and forensic flashlights illuminate evidence through fluorescence. The company offers a single-wavelength model, and some of their products are enabled to change modes between blue and ultraviolet, or white and ultraviolet. Flashlights are available in several ultraviolet wavelengths from 365 to 400nm, as well as in 465nm blue and 520nm green. Rechargeable lanterns that feature high-flux LED emitters provide intense blue or UV for high-output power.

June 30, 2006

Technology

Picture This

Although digital cameras are certainly high-tech and have a lot more power and control than their film predecessors, they are still only as good as the officer holding them.

April 30, 2006

Patrol

Panoscan Digital Panoramic Camera

Panoscan

Mark III is the third-generation seamless scanning camera from Panoscan. Used to capture an entire crime scene in painstaking detail, the digital camera has double the capture speed of its previous incarnation, a 40GB hard drive, and USB 2.0 connectivity for speedy file transfers. The Panoscan camera head weighs only 9.3 pounds and was engineered for rugged everyday field use.

March 31, 2006

Technology

3rdTech SceneVision-3D Version 3.2

3rdTech

3rdTech’s version 3.2 release of SceneVision-3D has improved capabilities. The 3D scene capture and creation software is available immediately to current SceneVision-3D users. Room dimension wizards, person and camera viewpoints and locations, and annotation layers and links enhance and speed up crime scene analysis.

January 31, 2006

Patrol

Image Security Guard

Lexar’s new LockTight security system helps preserve the chain of evidence for digital photography.

December 31, 2005

Patrol

Crime Scene Response for the Patrol Officer

The actions you take as a first responder can determine the value of crime scene evidence for investigators and prosecutors.

December 31, 2005

Technology

Knowledge Computing Intel Lead Module for COPLINK

Knowledge Computing Company/ i2 Group

Knowledge Computing’s new Intel Lead module is an enhanced analytical application that allows law enforcement to more effectively share information and tease qualified leads out of raw data at the earliest stages of criminal and intelligence investigations. This software lets officers enter information from active investigations into a segregated database that continuously searches across multiple databases in the COPLINK node to identify relationships and patterns relevant to an investigation.

December 31, 2005

Patrol

Diagramming Success

Understanding the crime scene and its layout is vital to prosecuting any case. One of the quickest and easiest ways to record everything pertinent to the case is by drawing a diagram of the crime scene.

November 30, 2005