Why investigating digital video is such a huge pain in the proverbial

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Why investigating digital video is such a 'huge pain in the proverbial'

David Spreadborough talks about the challenges of working with digital images and video and how it has improved over the decades.

Date - 22nd November 2017
By - David Spreadborough

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I don’t need to tell investigating officers about the challenges of digital video. With CCTV probably being the number one piece of digital evidence used in cases, many officers will have asked questions like, 'how do I get the footage;...

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