It Pays to Upgrade Your Equipment
As legislatures around the country recognize the value in utilizing recorded interviews in the courtroom for criminal cases, and as many states enforce new laws regarding capturing this testimony, organizations from police agencies to EMS services are evaluating timelines and potential for upgrading their equipment. What investigators, lawmakers and enforcers across the US are learning […]
Defining Key Terms in Videotaping Interactions: Interview, Interrogation and Confession
It’s important when discussing the potential impact on the electronic recording of interactions between witnesses and law enforcers to ensure key terms are clearly understood. The most important distinctions must be made between an interview, an interrogation and a confession. Learn more from the following definitions pulled from videotaping research on the empirical experiences of […]
When do you Need Dictation Equipment?
Does dictation take you back to your elementary school days when your teacher used to read aloud a passage you and you had to capture it? Or maybe the image that comes to mind is that of the psychiatrist speaking into his digital recorder for transcription later. Regardless of the image that comes to mind, […]
“It’s Not Personal; It’s Business”
Learn the channels that private investigators learn to master when it comes to interrogation and how they separate themselves from the task at hand. Much like medical professionals or others in high-stress occupations who work with tense and difficult situations, private investigators have a specific approach to addressing this. What is the Interrogator’s mindset and […]
Know What to Look for in the Best Investigative Detective Equipment
iRecord is the natural choice for interview rooms of all types that require a simple video and audio recording solution with very high quality and reliability. In addition to the one touch recording controls that are simple and user-friendly, iRecord is designed to operate without disrupting established operating procedures. Once recorded, the digital media is […]
Barrier No Longer: Recording Equipment that’s User-Friendly, Secure, and Reliable
Law enforcement officials have it tough already, keeping criminals off the street, working hard to provide the case and information needed to the courts. Your digital video and audio recording equipment doesn’t have to be a barrier to capturing testimony any longer. Easy to use, secure, and reliable, iRecord provides a solution that fits any […]
Resolving Testimony Disparities: It’s What You See—Not What You Say
It’s not uncommon to find a witness disagree to a statement or question posed in the courtroom or in an interview prior to trial, but resolving disparities between the “now” testimony and what’s on record can be as simple as pressing a button. iRecord’s one touch recording and VHS-style controls make using the system extremely […]
Details on Consensual Interception, Transmission and Recording of Communication
The American Bar makes available prosecutorial standards when I comes to specific aspects of investigation. Learn more about the details involved in Standard 2.11, the standard on the consensual interception, transmission and recording of communications and how using state-of-the art equipment can lower some of the risks associated with its use. According to the American […]
Don’t Let the Bad Guys Get Away
Technology today has made the world smaller but in some ways it has made navigating that world more complex. For law enforcement, recording equipment used in proving and analyzing evidence can be non-user friendly. And if you find a simple solution, many of these designs contain proprietary information that must be converted before recordings can […]
Is Your Police Department in Compliance with State Law Standards?
One Central Michigan police department has found that iRecord’s easy-to-use and all-compassing system is helping them not only do the work they need the right way, the first time, but it’s also brought them into nearly 100% compliance with the regulation on interrogation. A recently released news story explains iRecord’s advantage well. “[Our] old system would sometimes […]