X Surprising Ways Electronic Recording Systems Saves You Money
One of the major arguments that police departments and even federal offices in the past have given for not adopting electronic recording when it comes to custodial interrogations has been the out-of-pocket costs. The reality is though that ERI (electronic recording of custodial interviews) actually enables organizations to be more efficient, do more with less […]
What Your PD Should Know if You Aren’t Using ERI
Did you know that over 600 jurisdictions in the US employ electronic recording systems when they interrogate suspects yet the vast majority of police departments do not record custodial interviews routinely? While big changes have taken place this year when it comes to Federal requirements and recording, the number of departments responding to the evidence […]
iRecord Supports Body Cams for Police
In light of the events that occurred in Ferguson, Missouri just a few months ago and the recent verdict on the case, many have begun calling for police to wear body cameras to capture evidence of what happens in “hot” cases. iRecord supports Body Cameras to import media and help make your job as a […]
How to Undertake an Investigation in Your Organization
Have you ever thought about what your business should or would do if a report that something unethical was happening? Would you run an investigation internally or outsource to a professional? While there are advantages to considering either model, if you choose to run an investigation internally, you’ll need to define a process and decide […]
How Your PD Could Reduce 25% of Wrongful Convictions
Did you know that (as of March 2014) of the 312 wrongful convictions in the US that have been overturned based on DNA evidence that nearly 25% of those involved a false confession or false incriminating statements (Innocence Project, 2014)? Wrongful convictions are an epidemic, according to some, and the effects are catastrophic considering the […]
How to Limit Civil Liability with Electronic Recording
How can your CAC limit civil liability when it comes to defending your center or forensic interviewer in a civil lawsuit in which negligence or a violation of the constitution has been cited? The answer raised in a growing body of research all points to one solution—recording. Learn more about how electronic records of an […]
Five Top Advantages Electronic Recording Systems Bring to Your Case
Electronically recording interviews or interrogations aren’t going to in and of themselves prevent false or coerced confessions, but what they are able to do dramatically impacts what goes on in the court room—they help to improve speed to trial, the speed of the trial, among other things. There are many advantages that electronic recording systems […]
Do You Want to Reduce the Number of Recantations?
Do you know how to avoid catastrophe when it comes to closing child abuse cases? The last thing that an investigator wants to deal with in a child abuse case is recantation. One of the best ways to reduce the risk of recantations is through use of tested techniques and appropriate equipment as well as […]
Why Body-Worn Cameras Won’t Capture Everything
A growing demand for heightened accountability among law enforcement agents has risen from the wake of widely publicized stories about the shooting death of an unarmed African American in Ferguson in August and the story of police tampering with recording equipment in their vehicles in Los Angeles in April 2014. Learn more about what body-worn […]
Today’s Digital Video Recording Systems: DVR-DVD, Digital Video Recorders & the Anywhere Tablet
An increasing number of departments across the country are recording interrogations and interviews, how they are recording them differs from agency to agency. Some are utilizing DVR-DVD systems, some are using digital video recorders and/or other hand held digital audio recording devices. Others are embracing the sleek, mobile on-the-go solution in the Anywhere tablet which […]