About DAM Time: A Candid Conversation About Digital Asset Management and Evidence Storage

Brandon Epstein is as a Detective with the Middlesex County, NJ Prosecutors Office, assigned to the Digital Forensic Laboratory. Brandon has a Master of Science degree in Recording Arts ? Emphasis Media Forensics from the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado ? Denver and is a Certified Forensic Video Analyst (CFVA) as well as a Certified Forensic Video Examiner (CFVE). He is active with many professional organizations, including the IACP Cybercrime and Digital Evidence committee, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE), the IAI Forensic Video Certification Board, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). Brandon regularly provides digital forensic instruction to local, state, and federal law enforcement officers nationwide and internationally.

Kara Van Malssen is Managing Director of Consulting at AVP, an information management consulting and software development firm. She helps organizations protect, manage, and maximize the value of their data and digital assets. Kara has helped dozens of organizations develop, build, and grow their digital asset management programs. She brings a holistic approach to her work, placing equal emphasis on the human, business, and technical aspects of a solution.

Glenn Cavin is a lieutenant with the Plano Police Department and has 30 years of experience as a police officer. He is a graduate of the 41st management college at ILEA and has an educational background that includes several years of studies in mathematics, physics, computer science, and criminal justice at Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Midwestern State University. He has served in many law enforcement roles, including FTO; SFST instructor; DRE instructor; DITEP instructor; agency DECP coordinator; patrol sergeant; patrol watch commander; and the chief?s administrative lieutenant. Glenn now supervises the department?s Technical Services Unit and is responsible for management and support of the police department's many technology projects and programs. He is currently working to implement a comprehensive digital evidence management system (DEMS), which will allow for consolidated collection, storage and administration of this critical data, as well as electronic submission of criminal case information to municipal, county, state, and federal prosecutors. Glenn is a current member of IACP, NATIA, and SWGDE. He has also participated for many years as an assessor and subject matter expert for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate?s SAVER and FRROST Programs; including their evaluations of in-car video recorders, rapid deployment closed circuit mesh video systems, overt body worn cameras, discrete audiovisual recording systems, covert GPS trackers, light amplification devices, wall penetrating radar systems, handheld thermal imagers, and small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). He has an understanding of and passion for public safety technology, which has been transformed radically during the past two decades and will no doubt continue its rapid evolution well into the future.

Detective Constable Darryl Branker is a 15 year member of the Toronto Police Service and has been an investigator in units such as Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault Squad-Human Trafficking Enforcement Team and most recently in the Homicide Squad- Forensic Video Analysis Unit. Darryl was tasked with the development and implementation of this forensic unit which is in full operation today with a six member team of Forensic Video Analysts. A LEVA Certified Forensic Video Technician (CFVT), Darryl was also recently appointed to the board of the Ontario Video Analysts Association and was a presenter at the 2019 IACP. The Toronto Police Service is committed to being a world leader in policing through excellence, innovation, continuous learning, quality leadership and management