August 17-20, 2021 

8:30AM- 4:30PM 

Dupont Police Department

1780 Civic Drive

Dupont, WA 98327

August 17-18 - Covert Online Investigations

This Covert Online Investigations course is designed to teach law enforcement personnel how to start from the ground up in conducting covert online investigations. Students will be shown how to legally began building a covert identity online using numerous online resources. Students will be shown relevant and current case studies to reinforce the unconventional investigative techniques taught in the course.   Students will learn the most current case law that allows them to use these techniques in their investigations. The investigative techniques taught in this class apply to Detectives, Narcotics, Vice, Internal Affairs, Fugitive Units, Crime Analysts, etc.

Including in tuition, students will be given a smart phone to begin building their covert account from ground zero. Students will also receive a list of investigative resources in the class and shown numerous free databases/resources during the class.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Legal issues regarding Covert Accounts/Chatting

Creation of covert accounts

Maintaining covert accounts

Apps to assist in covert account investigations

Finding suspects using covert accounts

Engaging with suspects 

Capturing and presenting evidence obtained during communications

Exercises for students to demonstrate proficiency

August 19-20- Social Media & Open Source Investigations

This two-day Social Media & Open Source Investigations course is designed to teach Law Enforcement Personnel how to legally utilize and exploit Open Source and Social Media intelligence in their respective roles. Students will be taught how to conduct covert online investigations while using advanced searching techniques. Students will be shown relevant and current case studies to reinforce some of the unconventional investigative techniques taught in the course.  Students will learn the most current case law that allows them to use these techniques in their investigations. The investigative techniques taught in this class apply to Patrol Officers, Detectives, SRO’s, Dispatchers, Crime Analysts, etc.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Legal issues regarding Social Media & Open Source Investigations

Anonymizing techniques

Open Source investigations

Social Media investigations

(Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat)

Handling exigent circumstances on Social Media

Execution of legal process to Social Media

How to document your search

How to preserve digital evidence

Exercises for students to demonstrate proficiency