Vancouver Police Get Help With Stanley Cup Riot Evidence Surveillance, Says It Would Have Taken Two Years to Sort Out

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Aug 24, 2011

Vancouver Police Get Help With Stanley Cup Riot Evidence Surveillance, Says It Would Have Taken Two Years to Sort Out In Vancouver, they're still trying to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of losing the Stanley Cup Final. And they're trying to put those pieces together to punish those who gave the city a black eye.

While the Bruins continue to parade the Cup around the globe, police in Vancouver are continuing their investigations into the riots that occurred after the Canucks lost Game 7 to the Bruins in Vancouver. In fact, according to The Atlantic, police had originally expected it to take two years to sift through the evidence they've compiled.

However, they've turned to the Law Enforcement and Video Services Association for help. The association, which has a a training facility in Indiana, will work with the Vancouver police using the Digital Multimedia Evidence Processing Lab (DMEL). That way, they will be able to look through 1,600 hours of footage from the riots and use forensics to help pinpoint some of those responsible.

The authorities in Vancouver reached out to the people of the city following the embarrassing riots that featured looting, fires and various other forms of hooliganism asking for any sort of photos or videos that could be evidence.

The technology used should help cut this stage of the investigation down to just three weeks rather than two years.

Click here for a photo gallery from the Vancouver riots following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final >>

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