Forensic Video

Discussed by dTective Customers

The dTective system is currently being used by nearly 1000 federal, state and local law enforcement and security agencies around the world. Read what some of our customers have to say about their experience with dTective.

The following are personal opinions of dTective users and do not represent an endorsement from their agencies.

   

Mike Price
Dupage County Sheriff's Office, IL

"My unit has been able to help our Major Crimes Units and other detectives, and even other departments within our county look at video in a better light. Every time a Detective brings me something they learn something new about what's getting done. Initially they come in and ask me to give them a license plate or mug shot picture, but then they walk out with a better understanding that there is more to the video then just those two things."



   

Shelly Hisey
Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, CO

"The actual incident occurred in the very top right hand corner of the video, so I was able to use the resize tool and bring that area into the center of the screen to make it the focus of attention.  When they brought the video to me and I evaluated it and put the sequence in order in a single camera view to tell the story, the defense and prosecution got together and the defendant ended up taking a plea bargain - so it didn't even have to go to trial.  Because we had officers, crime scene technicians, and investigators involved in the case, all of them would have had to take time from their duties to go to court and testify and who knows how long that court trial could have been.  So, a lot of cases aren't going to trial at all."



Eric Kumjian
Miami Dade Police Department Robbery Bureau, FL

"When I was using the older tools to obtain evidence in video cases, I believed at the time I was seeing everything that needed to be seen.  Now, using the new dTective tools, I can see I'm capturing more of what I should have been capturing before.  In one case, a few year had passed since the time they were arrested until they went to court.  The lead investigator was aware that I had new tools for viewing and processing video and he came to me and asked me to look at the case again.  By utilizing the dTective system, we were able to properly analyze and obtain additional information from the video - that we didn't have before.  The additional information we were able to obtain from the video weighed heavy on this case. I believe if I would have presented the original information taken in this case, the jury wouldn't have given it as much weight in their deliberations during the trial."



   

Jim Wood
Louisville Police Department, KY

"Prosecutors are thrilled to receive the images and reports we can now produce, which we were not able to provide previously.  Video evidence is absolutely the best evidence around!  The City of Louisville has a ordinance in place that requires 24 hr business to have surveillance cameras in place and this absolutely assists us in capturing perpetrators. Law Enforcement Agencies come to us from as far as Anderson county - which is over 100 miles - to ask if we can assist in solving crimes that involve surveillance video from stores and other places.  When we provide the clarified images, they want to know how did you do that.  If investigators do not have these tools, they are doing their community a disservice."



   

Brett Hallgren
Vancouver Police Department, Canada

"The majority of cases that we deal with here - like 95% of them - result in guilty pleas. Of the cases that do go to court, the conviction rate is probably 99.9% and we've received positive reviews by the judges!  Since having the dTective tools, I'd say 90% of the members of patrol now automatically canvas for video evidence in any particular crime.  It simplifies the initial process for us to get the get the work in, get the work done and get the work out - with high quality."

 
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