Redaction of Multimedia Evidence

Recent legal changes in the United States have impacted the way in which agencies handle video / multimedia evidence requests from the public. Complying with the new laws, and maintaining compliance with state and federal privacy codes requires agencies to manage the processing of requests quite carefully. Requests for records around a critical event can quickly swamp an agency’s staff given the new statutory time frames for the release of data.

For example, California Senate Bill 1421, Skinner (D. Berkeley), opens public access to internal investigations of police shootings and other incidents where an officer killed or seriously injured someone, as well to sustained findings of sexual assault and lying on the job.

Another example is California Assembly Bill 748, Ting (D. San Francisco), which requires police departments to release within 45 days audio or video footage of shootings or other incidents involving serious use of force, unless it would interfere with an active investigation.

With this in mind, agencies often have to get up to speed on the tech (and how to use it) fast. But, they don't always have a budget to send people to training - or to bring an instructor to their agency.

Redaction actually lends itself quite nicely to the on-line micro-learning model. That's why I've designed a curriculum for redaction using the most popular software platforms from Adobe, Amped, Audacity, and Vegas Pro. Because it's micro-learning, folks can take up to 60 days to complete the course - meaning they can fit it into their busy schedules. Also, the courses are reasonably priced.

• AL110 - Redaction for Standards Compliance - featuring the Adobe Creative Suite tools. 
• AL111 - Redaction for Standards Compliance - featuring Magix Vegas Pro 16 + Audacity. 
• AL112 - Redaction for Standards Compliance - featuring Amped FIVE + Audacity.
• AL113 - Redaction for Standards Compliance - featuring Adobe, Amped, Audacity, and Magix tools.

AL110, AL111, and AL112 (registration fee = $249 per student) are for those agencies that have already decided on a platform and want to save money - training on a single software solution. AL113 (registration fee = $349 per student) is for those that haven't yet decided on a platform and want information / instruction on the most popular software solutions.

These multimedia redaction courses will get the agency and their redaction staff up to speed on the issues and the technology necessary to bring the agency into compliance with the new laws.

Head on over to the web site for more information and sign up today.