Chattanooga police say new device will provide 3D view of crime scenes

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — New three-dimensional innovation will shortly allow Chattanooga Police to take jurors on a visual trip past the yellow crime scene tape, to the scene of a fatal shooting.

The best research available for documenting

"It's now the best research available for documenting and recording crime scenes," said GBI Special Agent Jerry Scott.

In court, the innovation is an answer to what District Attorney Bill Cox describes as a "'CSI' effect" among modern jurors, many of whom are used to a steady diet of crime and courtroom dramas.

Aerial view when we've never left the ground

"We can get an aerial view when we've never left the ground," Whitfield said. "We can be standing in front of a building, and at the time be looking out from one of its windows. We can see things we've never been able to see earlier."