Digital Imaging and Reconstruction Officer

As a Digital Imaging and Reconstruction Officer, you’ll attend Crime Scenes, produce 3D Reconstructions and create Informative Graphics to aid in Courtroom Understanding of complex evidence. 

Do you have a passion for technology? Do you want to attend Crime Scenes and create Evidence Packages to be shown in Court? Do you want a Forensic career that supports your community and provides job satisfaction? If so, join West Midlands Police as a Digital Imaging and Reconstruction Officer.

Key Responsibilities

• Crime Scene Attendance for 3D Reconstruction/360 Video Capture
• Create Bodymapping graphics, sanitisation of injuries sustained during an incident
• Create 2D Graphics depicting Floor Plans, Routes Taken and showing Key Information
• Create Video Enhancements of Video/CCTV Evidence
• Create Comparison Reports, processing Video Forensically to highlight features of interest
• Create EFIT Images, depicting a digital face of a potential offender
• Manage forensic exhibits to ensure continuity, confidentiality and security is maintained at all times; with the use of Police systems
• Ensure compliance with Force and departmental policies and procedures including developing and maintaining the roles Quality Management System requirements
• Maintain accurate records for all cases worked on, ensuring that all relevant information is entered in a timely and accurate manner. Produce Witness Statements and attend court to give evidence as required
• To carry out any duties commensurate with the purpose of the post that may from time to time be determined 

Essential Criteria

• Experience within a Forensic discipline and/or relevant education discipline
• Experience in or an understanding of one or more of: 2D/3D modelling, 2D/3D Reconstruction, Bodymapping, Courtroom Presentation of Evidence Packages, Video Enhancement, EFIT, Comparison or Graphical Design
• Understanding of the use of laser scanners within a crime scene environment
• Understanding of image sterilisation process for Bodymapping processes
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team;
• Possess good communication skills (both verbal and written);
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible;
• Experience in using software to process and edit footage
• A passion for developing technologies used in imagery devices.
• Proven technical expertise/experience in the use of computer software and hardware
• Be conversant with the ISO 17025 standard and Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice
• Be able to work with material that may be of an obscene, offensive or distressing nature. Treat such material in the appropriate manner ensuring it is secured and handled according to defined policies
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Desirable Criteria

• LEVA Certification
• Have a strong awareness of identification methods, such as human visual recognition and automated facial recognition
• Have knowledge of image processing, analysis, comparison and evaluation/enhancement of images/videos
• Be current in knowledge of 3D/2D methods of presenting evidence, Image/Video Enhancement, Comparison, Image sterilisation and EFIT
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system.
• Investigative awareness

Special Conditions

• Must be prepared to handle/view/overhear material that may be offensive or distressing.
• Post holder may be required, from time ti time, to work outside of office hours at weekends or bank holidays, including a small amount of on-calls for Bank Holidays during the year.

Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test

• Hours: Monday to Friday, covering shifts of 0700x1830 and 1 Weekend in 4, covering 0800x1630
• Allowances: 5.41% Weekend Allowance
• Location: Ridgepoint House, Birmingham
• Interviews: TBD
• Contact: For further information about the role, please contact Jonathan Allen on jonathan.allen@westmidlands.police.uk

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

By choosing to join West Midlands Police you will receive an enhanced benefits package including:

• Fair remuneration with progression opportunities, and access to a very competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave in additional to public holiday entitlements
• Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities
• A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.  As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. 

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

"Diversity and Inclusion Vision:  Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities"

West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.8 million. 

The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually. 

The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, with 18 per cent of its population from ethnic minority backgrounds. 
An average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe. 
Against this backdrop, the force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.