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Re: Alterations to Digital Photography in Fire Investigation
Posted by: Ted Pagels (IP Logged)
Date: October 03, 2006 09:56PM
Hello,
I would like to think that any attorney would be remiss if they did not ask the question during a deposition or trial, " Is this a true and accurate representation of what you are explaining or has the image been altered in any manner and why?" Thus anyone that alters an image must answer to that action and if the original image is not made available the altered image should be considered inadmissable and sanctions taken as may be approriate to the investigator submitting such inappropriate images.
Ted J. Pagels
FIREPROSe, LLC
Ted J. Pagels, NAFI/CFEI, IAAI/CFI
Senior Fire Investigator
FIREPROSe, LLC
Green Bay, WI
firepros@aol.com
I would like to think that any attorney would be remiss if they did not ask the question during a deposition or trial, " Is this a true and accurate representation of what you are explaining or has the image been altered in any manner and why?" Thus anyone that alters an image must answer to that action and if the original image is not made available the altered image should be considered inadmissable and sanctions taken as may be approriate to the investigator submitting such inappropriate images.
Ted J. Pagels
FIREPROSe, LLC
Ted J. Pagels, NAFI/CFEI, IAAI/CFI
Senior Fire Investigator
FIREPROSe, LLC
Green Bay, WI
firepros@aol.com
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