The Georgia Guard had a hand in advancing the use of technology in
court recently, when a member of the 48th BCT, testified via two-way
video in a Cobb County drug case . . . only SSGT Jonathan Stanley, a
police officer in his civilian job, isn’t a member of the brigade’s
rear detachment headquartered in Macon, he is stationed with the 1st
Battalion, 118th Field Artillery in Taji, Iraq.
This was the first time such video-teleconferencing has been used in
a criminal case in Georgia. There were, however, several challenges.
Hurricane Katrina which forced Guard technicians to reroute the
signal when the Biloxi, Miss., relay station was destroyed.
And, Scott Marshall,
director of Instructional Technology at North Georgia College and
POC for the Guard's Distant Learning Center there, answered the
legal challenge testifying on the diligence and excellence of VTC
technology.
During a break in court proceedings, Stanley visited with his wife
-- by VTC -- said Kevan Farrell, multi-media integration coordinator
for the Georgia Department of Defense.
