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LEVA 2025 Symposium – Call for Presentations

Hello LEVA members,

It is time to start preparing for the upcoming 36th annual LEVA Training Symposium at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, in Coeur d’Alene, ID from October 27-31, 2025.  https://www.leva.org/event/36th-annual-leva-training-symposium-2/

This year, LEVA will have more classrooms available for us to provide many more classes than in previous years.  It is our hope that LEVA can offer a more diverse offering of classes on multiple topics at this training event.  This is where we need your help.  

LEVA is opening its call for presentations.  Anyone interested in presenting is urged to fill out the Microsoft Forms application found here.  https://forms.office.com/r/qCZ9dy6fdK.  The submissions will be reviewed for approval and inserted in our schedule.  Our hope is to have the entire lineup of classes known by early Summer so our membership is aware of what classes will be offered and plan accordingly to attend.

If you are interested in teaching, speaking on a small panel, or providing case studies – please apply.  There are opportunities to fill blocks from 2 hours to 5 days in length.  Anyone who presents for 4 hours or more will have their tuition for the symposium waived!!!!

For those interested in having a vendor booth at the symposium, please fill out the application and return it to us so we can get your booth reserved.

I look forward to hearing from all of you if you are interested in presenting or hosting a booth.  Please feel free to share this with anyone else you think could benefit from receiving it.

Thank you,

Troy

What Does That Word Mean?

The field of forensic video analysis utilizes numerous technical terms. A comprehensive glossary has been developed to facilitate understanding and provide a reliable resource for these terms. This glossary, created by the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) and endorsed by the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA), is available for access here.

LEVA Health and Safety Advisory

LEVA is committed to offering the most comprehensive forensic digital multimedia training in a  safe environment. The health and well-being of our students and instructors remains a top priority. LEVA respectfully asks for your support with our commitment: If anyone scheduled to attend our in-person training, including members of the instruction team, tests positive for COVID or develops symptoms of another contagious illness just before or during a scheduled training event, we ask that you do not attend. Anyone unable to attend due to illness may be able to reschedule their course to a later date.

Direct any LEVA training related questions to Troy Lawrence, LEVA Executive Director, troy.lawrence@leva.org.

DISTURBING IMAGES: Processing What You Cannot Delete

Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer & Information Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dr. Kate delivered a compelling and revealing look to a LEVA audience on a topic many deny exists, refuse to acknowledge and avoid getting help to confront.

That is: the emotional, mental and physical impact that one accumulates over time dealing with cases of horrific and often in-humane acts of violence.

We’ve heard from fellow LEVA members that allowing the stress to go unaddressed can result in a variety of negative, painful and even deadly consequences on oneself, careers and relationships.

She has provided LEVA several documents that were used in her presentation and another from a recent COPS case study of eleven police departments.

These documents may be shared freely. We encourage it.

PROCESSING DISTURBING IMAGES YOU CANNOT DELETE

ASSESSING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND COPING MECHANISMS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATIONS

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS: ELEVEN CASE STUDIES