BOSTON, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Salient Stills, the leader in video forensics and image enhancement, today announced Dorothy Stout, an expert in video forensics analysis training and services, will lead the company's video forensics and VideoFOCUS Pro system training sessions.  The sessions will be offered nationwide to law enforcement and other qualified security personnel, reviewing video production technologies, workflows and best practices to extract clearer images and video segments, and how to most effectively use VideoFOCUS Pro.

"While most police departments and law enforcement agencies have more crime scene video as evidence, video forensics processing can be a long and tedious process, or so complex that the jobs are outsourced to state and national crime labs.  Led by Dorothy Stout, Salient Stills is now offering video forensics training sessions to help investigators better understand effective methods and manage their departments' processing caseloads," said Laura Teodosio, president and CEO of Salient Stills.  "Ultimately, these training sessions will enable hundreds more law enforcement personnel to use systems like VideoFOCUS Pro most effectively, quickly analyze crime scene video, advance investigations, and produce stronger evidence for prosecutions.  Dorothy is ideal to lead these sessions, given her background and expertise."

"Salient Stills has a reputation for matching its video forensics systems and features to the ways that police officers and other investigators work in the field and in the office.  By offering easy to use, but powerful, tools like VideoFOCUS Pro, the company has helped customers process thousands of videos and advance almost as many investigations," said Stout, founder of Resolution Video.  "I look forward to partnering on these training sessions and helping local, national and international law enforcement agencies with their forensic video analysis needs."

The first training sessions are scheduled for Boston, Houston, Las Vegas and Minneapolis.  For more information, pricing, schedules and locations, and registration, visit www.salientstills.com.

Dorothy Stout has played a critical role in helping federal entities with forensic video analysis since 1998.  An internationally known authority and qualified expert, she has testified at all levels of the United States Courts and continues to offer expert testimony in civil and criminal cases involving video evidence.  In addition to teaching seminars and hands-on workshops throughout North America, Stout is an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University in Washington, DC.  She holds a Masters Degree in Forensic Science and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. For more information, on Dorothy Stout and Resolution Video, visit www.resvid.com.

Designed for use by law enforcement officers and using innovative processing algorithms, VideoFOCUS Pro dramatically improves the ability to capture and export fuzzy or grainy video from videotape, closed circuit TV systems, digital video cameras, cell phones and proprietary DVR formats.  The system generates higher resolution stills and videos to help identify suspects and produce other leads.  VideoFOCUS Pro is in use by hundreds of investigative agencies in over 20 countries and throughout the United States.

About Salient Stills

Founded in 1997, Salient Stills is a leading video forensics and image enhancement software company.  Salient Stills introduced its technology to answer the need for an efficient and effective video image enhancement solution.  VideoFOCUS Pro and VF Source are video forensics solutions in use by law enforcement, security and military and intelligence agencies.  For more information on Salient Stills visit http://www.salientstills.com/.

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