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Posted By Scott d
Hi All,
I have always been under the impression that only photo's taken with instant cameras can be used as evidence in court and are therefore the only one's which should be used for accident investigations.
Could anybody confirm that this is the case?
Many Thanks,
Scott
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Posted By Merv Newman
There was a thread on this about a year ago. Can't remember all the details except that you must respect the "chain of evidence" rules.
Polaroids are best. Films come next and digitals you really have to get it right.
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Posted By Adrian Watson
No,
A photograph is a photograph, is a photograph. It is an aid to a memory and must be certified as being a true and accurate reflection of the situation.
Regards Adrian Watson
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Posted By Rob Yuill
Polaroids used to be the preferred choice but digital is acceptable now, and much, much, more flexible regarding capture. Any manipulation of the image can easily be detected by experts.
I recently provided digital pics on a CD to the HSE of an incident at work. I was asked to sign the CD and confirm the date I took them. At their request, several later appeared in their report of the incident, I was credited with the copyright.
Rob
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Posted By Saracen11
I agree with the last posting.
Where I work, we use digital photography all the time and it’s never been inadmissible as evidence to corroborate our account of events. That said, in some situations where we feel our integrity might be challenged, we take some 35mm pics for good measure! The look on the faces of the folk that later accuse us of foil play is priceless…
There were two traffic wardens that were sacked recently for altering the times on digital images they’d taken to secure a fine… the ‘error’ (as the two said it was) was rooted out by one of the aforementioned experts!
Regards
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Posted By Brett Day
If anyone wants I have copies of the Home Office Guidance for handling digital evidence, they are freely available from the Home Office website but they keep moving the links and pages around, so rather than hunting if anyone wants copies drop me an e-mail it is 5 docs in total, total file size is 1.32MB (for all five files).
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Posted By Alex Nasmyth
We have downloaded images from our Digital CCTV System on to CD for the Police in the past, these have been admissable in court and in a few cases led to convictions, I would imaging digital camera pictures would run along the same lines.
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Posted By steven bentham
I use digital pictures in Court. (These are put in with a statement). You don't need to worry about this the Inspectors can work it out.
Just get good shots from all viewpoints and a close up.
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Posted By Scott d
Hi All,
Thanks for your advice on this issue, I will be using a digital camera in the future, whilst also getting 35mm as backup
Many Thanks,
Scott
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Posted By Simon Brown
I am on a TUC health and safety course and a HSE inspector gave us a talk and Q & A. This was one of the questions we asked him, He stated that he uses the digital pictures to back up his other evidance. The pictures act as an aid to visualise the incident better when he has to describe it. He did say that when he downloads the pictures from a memory stick he pulls off all of them in order regardless of whether or not all the pictures are of the same incident. This gives the pictures continuaty of evidence so he said.
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