Advanced Forensic Video Interrogations: An In-Depth Examination of Video Analysis Processes

About this course

Delivered by LEVA, the globally recognised body for forensic video training and certification, this course teaches an examination process and workflow for interrogating video evidence at the frame level.

You'll learn to read and use the information held in a video file's header and embedded metadata to make accurate observations and calculations. That leads to more thorough, defensible reports and presentations, and gives you findings you can share with other experts who rely on video but aren't trained to examine it, such as accident reconstructionists, use-of-force specialists and biomechanical experts.

What you'll cover

• Advanced workflow: examining video evidence at frame level.
• Embedded metadata: interpreting headers and file information.
• Timing and calculations: speed estimations, gunshot intervals and human performance timing.

Who should attend?

• Anyone responsible for examining video or audio evidence in criminal or civil investigations.
• Anyone producing reports that depend on accurate timing intervals, for example speed estimations, gunshot intervals in officer-involved shooting investigations, or key moments in use-of-force encounters such as reaction and decision-making timing.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of DME (digital multimedia evidence) formats, their associated metadata and DME processing is recommended. LEVA membership is not required.

Software and equipment

• Trial versions of A-DAPT and FilterGraph are provided for the course.
• You'll need a Windows 10 or later computer with administrative rights so the software can be installed.
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word plus a PDF reader. Access to Adobe Photoshop is suggested but not required.

Schedule and format

• 24 hours of live online instruction over three consecutive days
• 10:00 am to 6:00 pm US Eastern Time each day (3:00 pm to 11:00 pm UK time)
• Advanced level
• Tuition: US$750

Your instructor

Ed Baker is a LEVA Certified Forensic Video Analyst and a retired Major Crimes detective with Tacoma Police Department, Washington, where he helped establish the department's Forensic Video Unit. He founded Video Consultants NW LLC and consults on forensic video, image and audio analysis in criminal and civil cases worldwide. Ed has been a LEVA instructor since 2014, teaching image and video processing and comparison analysis across LEVA Levels 1, 2 and 3.

On completion

Graduates receive a LEVA certificate of completion for the 24-hour curriculum, and LEVA credits the hours towards LEVA certification renewal. Please note this is a certificate of completion, not a certification.

How to register

Registration is handled directly by LEVA. The register button on this page will take you to the LEVA events page, where you can select Advanced Forensic Video Interrogations: An In-Depth Examination of Video Analysis Processes on your preferred date and complete your registration.

• Register at least 30 days before the course start date. Registration holds a place; tuition payment secures the seat.
• Tuition is due 30 days before the start of training unless other arrangements are agreed with LEVA.
• A minimum of five students is required for the class to run.