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Audio-Video Analysis Unit (AVAU)
Forensic audio-video analysis is the scientific examination, evaluation, and comparison of audio-video in legal matters. The AVAU assists law enforcement agencies throughout Michigan with providing the most accurate representation of what was recorded at the scene of a crime in a fashion anyone can understand.
To request services, please complete the BID-007 - Request for Audio/Video Examination PDF.
Services include, but are not limited to:
- Digital Video Recorder (DVR) data extraction
- Analysis and processing (clarification of digital and analog audio and video)
- Scientifically process accurate images and movies from surveillance data
- Media exporting and transcoding for multiple platform playback
- Media repair
- Media duplication
- Courtroom presentation design
- Image/video comparison
- Reverse projection
- Photogrammetry
- Expert reports and witness testimony
- Presentations of services offered, preservation of evidence, and best practices for recording locations
AVAU Office Locations:
Battle Creek
3367 West Dickman Road
Building 6916
Battle Creek, Michigan 49037
TX: 517-242-9722
Lansing
MSP, HQ Annex
7050 Harris Drive
Room 42
Dimondale, Michigan 48821
TX: 248-309-2831
Livonia
18050 Deering
Livonia, Michigan 48152
TX: 313-378-3147
Flint
4495 Corunna Road
Flint, Michigan 48532
TX: 734-735-6156
Bridgeport
6296 South Dixie Highway
(Bridgeport Detachment)
P.O. Box 608
Bridgeport, Michigan 48722
TX: 989-385-3950