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CCTV Plays An Important Role In Forensic Science

CCTV video surveillance needs to use established operating procedures for its footage to be clear enough for use in forensic science.

Firstly, I must apologise for the long silence. Warlock has been busy on a forensic training and the rest of us have no excuse actually.  J *cheeky grin*

As I was driving this morning, the newscaster announced that the Malaysian police are going to install more Closed-Circuit Television Systems (CCTV) cameras around the city to help curb crime.

Hmmm… I wonder if this would help since recently the local police had problems trying to enhance the video footage captured by a CCTV camera showing Nurin Jazlin being dragged into a white van. Nurin Jazlin by the way is a murder victim whose murderer has not been found till today.

There were two video footages captured on a surveillance camera near a shop lot where her body was dumped. The first footage showed a motorcyclist carrying a sports bag (with Nurin’s body in it) and leaving it at the shop lot and the second, showed a woman loitering around the shop lot who was later picked up by three men arriving at the scene. 

The Malaysian police however failed to enhance the footage to show a clear image of the man’s face or the number plates on the motorcycle.

CCTV plays an important role in forensic science. CCTV involves the use of video cameras to produce images for display on a limited number of screens connected directly to a non-broadcast transmission system. However, you will need the eye of a skilled analyst to assist you in analyzing footage from CCTV and to analog the video evidence using established operating procedures. 

There are a number of private firms claiming to do digital forensic investigation in Malaysia and I can safely say that only a handful has the expertise to do so. Maybe the local police enforcement should try to source out help locally first before asking for assistance overseas or maybe the local cyber forensics team need to train their guys extensively on cyber and digital forensics to be more competent.

Any comments anyone?

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