CopyStation a portable crime scence photgraphy capture system for digital forensic photography

Digital Data capture solution for legal evidence. CopyStation is designed for digital data capture.

Westpoint make the CopyStation for Crime Scene Investigators who are gathering Digital Camera or Video evidence to create secure copies of Memory Cards to Write Once CD or DVD Media that cannot be overwritten or modified. The procedure is considered 'best practice', to safely maintain the integrity of evidence before presentation in court and to counter claims sometimes made by defence lawyers that digital evidence may have been tampered with.
The CopyStation has a Universal Memory Card Reader that reads many popular memory cards. It also has two or three CD/DVD Recorders so that the Memory Card Image can be copied to Write Once Media. A MASTER copy is made containing a single binary image of the memory card and can be sealed as evidence, a WORKING copy is then made for use by investigators. The unit has only two buttons for simplicity and a small screen to assist the operator or to display pictures. After copies have been made a final check is performed comparing the CD or DVD copy with the original memory card and after successfully passing this stage can securely erase the complete memory card for reuse, thus ensuring that current data does not get transferred to future investigations.
	A mobile unit, as shown at the top of the page, is available to be taken to the investigation scene and can be powered from a vehicle battery or from mains power. It is robust and has a clip-on cover to protect the unit from damage and the weather. An office based CopyStation as shown left, is available where the memory cards are copied back at the office. It is a stand alone unit and does not require additional keyboard and screen connections.
In addition to the good practice procedures that the CopyStation encourages, other important benefits are the simplicity and ease of use of the unit. The photographer merely inserts the memory card into the unit and presses one button to initiate the process. Whilst the copies are being made the operator is free to handle other tasks, to study the crime scene or to take a break. Further modules to the basic functions of the CopyStation already described are: Create VIEWER CD/DVD's with stand alone viewer software utility included. Scan Memory Cards looking for lost or hidden data following formatting or deletion. Duplicate Media to make urgent extra copies of the WORKING or VIEWER disks. An alternative solution would be to use a laptop computer to make the copies, but this is more fragile and has to be set up with many buttons and mouse clicks using several software programs. This takes considerably longer and can lead to errors. The data on the memory card can be inadvertently corrupted due to the Windows Operating System Date being written to the card, or data can be corrupted due to many other reasons which include virus infection or operator modifications being carried out. The CopyStation software has been produced to monitor and check accuracy at each stage during the process. Additional features or customisation can be added by request. Supported Digital Card Media: Compact Flash Card TYPE I, Compact flash Ultra card TYPE I, Compact flash Extreme card, Micro Drive Card, Secure Digital Card, Secure Digital ultra II Card, Secure Digital Extreme III Card, Mini Secure Digital PRO Card, Titanium Secure Digital, TransFlash, Multi Media PRO Card, Reduced Sized Multi Media Card, Multi Media Card Micro, Memory Stick, Memory Stick (Magic Gate / High Speed data transfer compatible), Memory Stick (Magic Gate / High Speed data transfer compatible with memory select function), Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Extreme, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Magic Gate Memory Stick Duo, Compact Flash Card TYPE II, Compact Flash Ultra II Carcl TYPE, Compact Flash Extreme III Card, Smart Media Card, Secure Digital PRO card, Secure Digital Extreme Card, Mini Secure Digital Card, Secure Digital Ultra II Plus, Micro Secure Digital, Multi Media Card, Multi Media Card Plus, Multi Media Card Mobile, Memory Stick (With memory select function), Memory Stick Micro, Memory Stick Pro Ultra II, Memory Stick Pro Extreme III, Magic Gate Memory Stick, Memory Stick ROM. Other devices can be supported via the USB 2 interface contact Westpoint for further details.