PIVOT FORENSICS
PRECISION INSTRUMENTS FOR A WORLD WITH SLIM MARGINS
Technology has revolutionized law enforcement in the 21st century. Body worn cameras, surveillance systems, and acoustic gunshot location have exponentially increased the accuracy of evidence presented to juries in criminal proceedings. Prior to these advancements, evidence was presented by human testimony, which has been proven to be unreliable due to memory contamination, misrepresentation and bias. Pivot Forensics aims to bring the field of crime scene processing out of the 19th century with a solution that removes the potential for human error, produces an indisputable record of evidence and drastically reduces the time spent to process a crime scene.
In 2019, a trial was held in San Francisco about a double homicide that occurred three years earlier. Witness testimony conflicted with the state of the physical evidence as it had been recorded with hand drawn maps created by crime scene technicians. The scene had changed drastically in the three years it took for the case to go to trial. The hand drawn maps and accompanying photographs of the scene were of no help in resolving this conflict. Two days of additional testimony provided by experts still failed to provide answers as to the precise location of evidence. Founder, Andrew Koltuniak, was one of the investigators that was unable to provide an accurate answer to the jury. This case and countless others became the inspiration for PIVOT FORENSICS. The result of that trial was a hung jury, the defendant was offered a deal and plead guilty to carjacking.
