Fourth annual Leica Geosystems conference underscores company’s commitment to UK policing

米尔顿·凯恩斯，2020年2月21日– Leica Geosystems, a leading global provider of hardware and software solutions for geospatial surveying, has once again shown its support for police work with a 2-day conference held last week at its headquarters in Milton Keynes.

年度会议将免费向从事道路碰撞调查和法医犯罪现场调查的警察和平民免费提供。这次会议首次分配了两天，专门关注2月12日的碰撞调查，以及2月13日的犯罪现场调查的一天。来自30个组织的104人参加了活动，从雅芳和萨默塞特警察到诺森比亚警察，通过大都会，英国运输警察和北爱尔兰警察局。

A busy programme of speakers enabled delegates to share innovative new applications for geospatial technology; get vital updates about the imminent requirement for investigators to be accredited to ISO 17020 and 17025; to network with colleagues from other forces; and to get hands-on experience with the latest new technologies available from Leica Geosystems.

迈克foren Skicko英国公共安全领导sics and collision investigation at Leica Geosystems. “Collision and crime-scene investigators do essential work under very challenging conditions,” he says. “For their sake and the sake of the public who depend on them, these investigators deserve to be supported by the very best technology. Against a backdrop of budget cuts in public services, Leica Geosystems is doing what it can to share best practice and showcase the technology available. We help forces to see how geospatial technology can be used to investigate major incidents and to secure the right convictions more easily. We also help to make the procurement process as pain-free as possible.”

会议包括：

Four senior speakers gave updates on progress towards the looming deadlines for all forces towards accreditation to ISO 17020 (crime scene investigation) and 17025 (testing and calibration laboratories):

• Anya Hunt博士– Chief Executive Officer at the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• Frances Senior- 法医碰撞调查的NPCC专业能力经理
• Richard Auty- NPCC法医碰撞调查网络
• Dan Sharp- 西约克郡警察高级成像官。

Frances Senior reminded delegates that “Accreditation is coming like a steam train”, while Dan Sharp pointed out that it is a “massive undertaking” which needs “meticulous planning and organisation”.

Technology applications

• Phil Walker from Lancashire Constabularyexplained how his force had acquired a Leica RTC360 scanner to commence their switch to digital 3D modelling for crash investigations
• Russ Gardner of South Wales Policedescribed his force’s journey from paper-based measurement to digital reality capture using the Leica BLK360 scanner at major crime scenes
• Mark Gascoigne from Nottinghamshire Police谈到使用Leica Total Station和bob appleGNSS智能电线杆来准确捕获撞车场景，并更快地重新开放道路。

Technical applications of digital modelling

Leica Geosystems teams from the UK and Switzerland outlined how Leica hardware and software can be used to permanently capture an entire scene, achieving fast, accurate 3D models which can easily be understood in a courtroom. This included the use of Leica scanners to rapidly analyse blood spatters, removing the need to use painstaking and error-prone manual methods such as stringing.

New products and technologies

代表们很少有机会看到和实践一系列Leica设备，包括：

• The Aibot AX20 intelligent aerial surveying UAV (drone)
• 全新的BLK2GO手持成像激光扫描仪
• The RTC360 easy-to-deploy scanner for fast results in complex situations
• BLK360紧凑型成像激光扫描仪与全景HDR摄像机
• Leica GS18 T，世界上最快的GNSS RTK ROVER SMART POL

Conference delegates were also able to experience the new虚拟现实犯罪现场training suite developed by RiVR using Leica Geosystems scanners. The system enables police forces to consistently and cost-efficiently deliver sophisticated training to forensic investigators and technicians from the safety of the classroom.