Crime Cases Still Using Cassettes

renegadefm | 03:40 Sat 16th Nov 2024 | Technology

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I'm just curious why the police still use cassettes as their choice of media format when recording evidence etc in an interview room?

A very recent incident clearly shows the interview room using double a double cassette system, with basic buttons record, play.

You would think these days it would at least be compact disc, or USB, maybe even memory card.

Why on earth does the criminal system still use cassette tapes?

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wolf63

This seems to answer your query...

Simply harder to alter and falsify cassette recordings than digital recordings.

That would've been my guess too.

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Yeah I can see that logic.

I used to have a stand alone cd recorder. I used to use in exactly the same way as a cassette recorder.

You couldn't doctor the recordings unless you put the disc in a computer.

And I bought that in the late 90's. You'd would think the police would be using the upgrade of a cd recorder.

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Like this one, although mine was a Philips brand:

That's the point, it is easier to doctor a cd recording in a PC. That is not desirable

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