The Fast Way To Recreate A Crime Scene: No Measuring Required!
Finally, your protagonists can leave their tape measures, rulers, and graph paper in the trunks of their cars. Yes, thanks to a company called Leica Geosystems, law enforcement now has the capability to “scan” a crime scene in mere minutes, instead of the many hours they used to spend measuring and photographing.
Detectives set up a three dimensional laser scanner, switch it on, and the device does all the work, creating the scene in animated 3D. The re-creations and measurements are so accurate that they’re 100% approved for use in court testimony. In fact, the Kentucky State Police recently added one to their “toolbox.”
This doesn’t surprise me, now that you mention it. Leica is into optics, and everybody’s into radar/sonar/whatar. I think this would be a lot easier for juries to understand–defense attorneys are going to hate it! Yow!
This is so cool! Now I have to go update my LEO’s tool box.