Digitizing Complex Crime Scenes for Law Enforcement
With photorealistic digital twins, Framence digitizes complex crime scenes and makes them virtually accessible at any time. Investigators, forensic experts, and prosecutors can jointly analyze evidence, accurately understand spatial relationships, and improve communication. This leads to more efficient, transparent, and compelling evidence handling in court.
What was the challenge?
At Framence, we understand the unique challenges that law enforcement and forensic teams face when it comes to documenting and analyzing crime scenes. Traditional methods like photographs, sketches, and written reports often fail to capture the full complexity of a scene, making it difficult to preserve spatial relationships, track evidence over time, and share findings across agencies. Our client, a major law enforcement agency, was confronted with the need to digitize and preserve complex crime scenes in a way that allowed them to revisit the scene virtually after it had been cleared, track and annotate evidence reliably over time, improve collaboration between investigators, forensic experts, and prosecutors, and strengthen evidentiary presentation in court.
How did we solve it?
Our digital twins provide highly detailed and accurate reconstructions of crime scenes using photographic panoramas, smartphone pictures, and drone imagery. Investigators can place digital markers on an XYZ axis on items of interest such as shell casings, bloodstains, or weapons, linking them directly with metadata, chain of custody information, and additional documentation. Through our platform, forensic experts can remotely explore the scene in 3D, precisely measure distances or angles, and overlay analytical data such as bullet trajectories or blood spatter models. All stakeholders, from crime scene technicians to prosecutors, gain controlled access to the same authoritative digital version of the scene, ensuring consistency in communication. The platform also ensures evidentiary integrity with version control, immutable audit trails, and secure role-based access. For courtroom use, immersive visualizations allow judges and juries to better understand spatial relationships and evidence placement.
How did our client benefit?
Based on the deployment of photorealistic digital twins for crime scene documentation, we were able to help our client significantly improve both investigative efficiency and evidentiary reliability. Investigators and analysts can return to the digital twin instead of the physical scene while forensic experts across different locations can work together on the same digital evidence base. Also, complex spatial relationships are preserved and presented more clearly in court. The ability to “freeze” the crime scene digitally reduced redundant (or missed) evidence documentation and accelerated case progress. By transforming traditional documentation into an interactive digital twin, Framence enabled law enforcement to gain a new level of spatial awareness, streamline evidence tracking, and ultimately build stronger, more transparent cases.
