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Forensic Video & Image Experts You Can Trust

At Video Consultants Northwest LLC (VCNW), we specialize in forensic video and image analysis, expert testimony, and advanced training for professionals involved in criminal and civil investigations when video evidence is present. With over 50 years of video forensic and law enforcement experience , we don’t just interpret what’s on screen—we validate the authenticity, context, and reliability of every visual element.

The Truth Deserves More Than Assumption

You wouldn’t take someone’s word without fact-checking, so why accept video evidence—or an opposing expert’s report—without scrutiny? At VCNW, we peer-review claims, uncover what’s missing or misrepresented, and expose flawed assumptions, misleading citations, or irrelevant “best practices” that don’t apply to your case.

Our Approach: Investigate, Authenticate, Then Interpret

We don’t just “process” evidence. Our workflow begins with source authentication, continues through in-depth technical analysis, and ends with reliable, clearly communicated findings. We examine how a video was created, encoded, and played back, ensuring interpretation is grounded in verifiable facts—not assumptions or convenience.

Services That Strengthen Your Case

  • Expert Testimony & Peer Review (civil and criminal litigation)
  • Photographic Comparison Analysis
  • Video Recovery & Acquisition from DVRs, HDDs, and proprietary players
  • Audio and Image Clarification & Enhancement
  • Media Conversion to standard formats for investigation or court exhibits
  • Video and Image Authentication & Validation
  • Forensic Video and Image Analysis
  • Video Recovery from surveillance systems
  • Advanced examination techniques for investigators, first responders, and court multimedia teams

We collaborate with investigators, prosecutors, defense counsel, and judicial personnel to help them understand what is—and isn’t—visible in the video evidence. By peer-reviewing and helping you navigate the opposing experts report you’ll know what questions to ask, and you will know the answer to the question before you ask it.

Additional services include video acquisitions from digital video recorders and hard-drives, image extractions from digital and analog video sources, audio clarification, image enhancement, and video and image clarification and authentication.

Trans-coding media is often times another difficult task to perform. Extracting video files from today’s DVR surveillance systems and self-executing video players with embedded video isn’t easy, and it’s not always done correctly… getting the proprietary files to play (correctly) is sometimes even harder to do (even by the manufacturer who designed the systems).

Getting non-playable video into a standard video format for investigative purposes, litigation or creating a video file for a criminal illustration to the Trier of Fact is as simple as contacting us!

Training – Online or Onsite

Training for Law Enforcement & Legal Professionals

VCNW offers customized online or on-site instruction in:

  • Forensic Video and Image Analysis
  • Video Recovery from surveillance systems
  • Advanced examination techniques for investigators, first responders, and court multimedia teams
  • Advanced Video Examinations.

For more information or to discuss options, please call 1-253-517-8990. You can also email us at VCNW@comcast.net or reach us from the “Contact Us” tab.

Software Testing & Technical Consulting

As a trusted Alpha/Beta tester for industry leaders like  YottaGeek, Axon Evidence.com, Variant, and Ocean Systems, we help refine forensic tools using our extensive case experience and proprietary video library. We provide performance insights that compare software outcomes to known evidentiary benchmarks—so forensic developers can improve accuracy and reliability.

Conferences & Public Speaking

Founder Edward L. Baker—Certified Forensic Video Analyst, retired Major Crimes Detective, and instructor with LEVA—has presented nationally on topics including:

  • Advanced Forensic Video Examination
  • Forensic Video and Meta Data Analysis in Use of Force Investigations
  • Forensic Video and Meta Data analysis in Fraud Investigations
  • Bias in Video Interpretation
  • Forensic Software Reliability
  • The Emerging Role of AI in Investigations

Book Ed Baker as a keynote speaker or subject-matter expert for your next conference, workshop, or training symposium.

Get In Touch

📞 253-381-5300
📧 VCNW@comcast.net

Or you can reach us directly through the Contact Us tab to discuss your case, training needs, or software challenge.

At VCNW, clarity isn’t just our product—it’s our principle.