The Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association has announced the introduction of a new certification. LEVA will now confer Certified Forensic Video Technician (CFVT) status on students who have performed video evidence processing for at least one year and successfully complete its three core courses within a five-year period:
- Basic Forensic Video Analysis & the Law,
- Intermediate Forensic Video Analysis & the Law and
- Advanced Forensic Video Analysis & the Law.
The courses, totaling 120 hours of lecture and hands-on instruction in LEVAs Digital Multimedia Evidence Processing Lab at the University of Indianapolis, are designed to lead students to an advanced level of competency, knowledge and skills as Technicians in the science of forensic video analysis.