NCJ Number
133464
Journal
Security Management Volume: 35 Issue: 11 Dated: (November 1991) Pages: 46-49
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article explains how a well-trained photography team can both prevent and document illegal acts by strikers near company premises.
Abstract
An employer security strike team should be able to document, correlate, and present in judicial form evidence of violations of law and court orders, unfair labor practices, and strike-related violence and damage. Videotape is particularly effective in documenting the actions, circumstances, words, and mood of an incident. Still photos can capture the scene more definitively. They freeze the action so the faces can be identified, license plates can be recorded, damage can be documented, and signs and union slogans on T-shirts and baseball caps can be read. For a photograph or videotape to be used as evidence in a legal proceeding, the photography team must be able to document who took the photograph or video, the date, approximate time, and the location. The photographic equipment used should record on the film or the videotape the date and time of exposure. Photographs should be logged by the photographer in a personal notebook and should be coordinated by number to an incident report written by the photographer or other witness to the incident. The chain of evidence must be maintained for each photograph.