Open AccessAdvanced Technologies Utilized in the Reconstruction of an Officer-Involved Shooting Incident
Author(s) -
Richard M. Ziernicki,
Angelos G. Leiloglo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the national academy of forensic engineers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2379-3252
pISSN - 2379-3244
DOI - 10.51501/jotnafe.v34i2.43
Subject(s) - officer , position (finance) , virtual reality , trouble shooting , computer science , aeronautics , engineering , artificial intelligence , law , political science , business , finance , reliability engineering
This paper presents a case study that utilized many of the latest forensic technologies to reconstruct the events that occurred during an officer-involved shooting incident in which a police officer fatally shot a fel-low police officer. The shooting reconstruction utilized 3-D high-definition laser scanning, “matchmoving” of police helicopter infrared video footage, motion capture, photogrammetry, creation of a 3-D interactive virtual shooting scene, and virtual reality display systems. It also outlines how the trajectory of bullets were reconstructed, and how the position and posture of the shooting officer and victim officer were determined. Finally, federal judge rulings on various Daubert motions (509 U.S. 579 [1993]) to exclude or limit testi-mony of expert witnesses are presented.