Northland & Companies | Dynamic Workflow Solutions (DWS)

Are you struggling to manage digital evidence management processes, and are proprietary files making your job difficult?

Law enforcement, prosecutors, and government IT managers are facing many challenges centrally managing and accessing digital evidence.

Most Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS) only support a limited list of proprietary files captured from 3rd party devices and are largely only a DEMS for their first party devices (e.g., in-car, BWC).
The use of video recordings and multimedia has grown exponentially in investigations and to review operational processes. This presents a need for new applications that can handle the increased size, complexity and variety of data that has disrupted traditional systems and workflows.
Evidence currently stored on secondary devices such as VHS/LTO tape, CD/DVD/Blue-ray, thumb drives, and obsolete hardware, end-of-life formats, and the risk of physical damage from fires, floods, and earthquakes need to be securely migrated.
With aging technology, digital evidence becomes increasingly difficult to retrieve and play back each year as the devices used to play back the files are no longer supported, the vendor no longer provides the hardware or software, the physical media hits its shelf life, and/or are incurring physical damage.
Law Enforcement agencies need to protect and house their evidence for many years or “forever” as required by law.
Digital evidence becomes increasingly difficult to retrieve and play back each year as the devices used to play back the files are no longer supported, the vendor no longer provides the hardware or software, the physical media hits its shelf life, and/or are incurring physical damage.

Northland & Companies and Dynamic Workflow Solutions technology can help!

Improve digital evidence management with Northland and Dynamic Workflow Solutions (DWS)

Northland has partnered with Dynamic Workflow Solutions (DWS), a pioneering middleware developer specializing in digital evidence management and data migration across diverse platforms, to deliver the latest AI-enhanced asset and digital evidence management solutions.

DWS Data-Central

DWS Data-Central (DC) takes unstructured, disorganized data from multiple sources, including, but not limited to: cell phones, security cameras, BWCs, photos, documents, computer forensic dumps, transportation safety solutions and more, and it puts this data into a structured environment within a database along with the metadata. If there is proprietary video present, DC analyzes the files and converts them with a lossless process to MP4, retaining the originals, and securing all the video with a court accepted Hash Process. The unstructured data is then categorized with its metadata, file-based information, environmental metadata, CAD or RMS data, as well as user based custom tags. All this information is now available in one interface, instead of multiple silos requiring custom applications.

DWS DC Data Sheet

Watch a recorded demo of DWS Data-Central

DWS DC Case-Pak

The Case-Pak is an extension of the DC workflow. It empowers users to create an evidence package that includes the database and all its files, including proprietary first instance evidence and MP4 videos generated from Data-Central. The files can also be placed in a specific order regardless of their file name, allowing a synced copy with the report to display in court. The Case-Pak can then be transferred ANY way the user requires, including cloud or on-premise servers, USB drives, and automated disk burning with labels via Rimage.

The recipient of a Case-Pak has access to the free Case-Pak Viewer. Case-Paks can be decrypted and re-ingested by the viewer and the full Data-Central software. The viewer also decrypts the Case-Pak, only when the proper password is entered, and the viewer maintains the folder structure, the metadata and provides full wildcard search functionality for users.

DWS Hybrid

DWS Hybrid is a modernized digital asset management system (DAMS). With extensive core features, adaptive architecture, and an intuitive user interface, Hybrid is a fully functional and flexible platform that solves asset management challenges. The intuitive Hybrid DAMS solution stores, shares, and accesses information and assets effortlessly, effectively, and securely to protect and ensure admissibility in court for years to come. Hybrid can be deployed in SaaS, private cloud, and/or on-premise environments (hybrid), providing scalable and secure storage solutions. With an integration into DWS DC, Hybrid supports users with intelligent workflows and simplifies the agencies’ ecosystem by managing digital assets to be secure and compliant with IACP’s digital evidence management standards and requirements to manage digital sources for law enforcement, security, prosecution, and court procedures.

DWS Hybrid data sheet

Key benefits of Northland's DWS solutions

Eliminates data silos and allows disparate systems to act as a single Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS)
Integrates with existing DEMS and other backend software asset management solutions
Automated evidence/metadata extraction
The ability to move away from aging or obsolete secondary devices
Migrate from old software systems
Federated search capabilities
Authentication of evidence assets via SHA 256 Hash
Out of the box integrations and plug-ins

Automated evidence extraction from third-party systems
Support for proprietary video file formats
Support for other proprietary file formats
Support for integration into VMS systems
Free Case-Pak Viewer for easy sharing
Storage agnostic: cloud, on-premise, or hybrid
Unique GUID for every asset, including a link between original files and all work files
Complete audit trail for the lifespan of each asset
Retention and security based on categories/classifications of assets

Take digital evidence handling and management to the next level with Northland and DWS