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COST: $75
60 Minutes
Digital Evidence in Social Media Investigations
Course Description:
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital evidence, law enforcement professionals must stay equipped with the latest tools for capturing, preserving, and presenting digital evidence in social media investigations. Most importantly, to make this evidence admissible in court, law enforcement must be able to authenticate the evidence they find. This one-hour webinar is tailored to empower law enforcement officers with practical knowledge of cutting-edge, free tools that enhance their capabilities in digital evidence management.
Topics Covered
- Introduction to Digital Evidence in Social Media Investigations:
- Understanding the significance of digital evidence in modern law enforcement.
- Overview of common challenges and best practices in handling digital evidence.
- Free Tools for Digital Evidence Capture:
- Exploration of cost-effective and accessible tools for capturing screenshots, videos, and other digital content from social media platforms.
- Step-by-step demonstrations on using these tools in various investigative scenarios.
- Preservation Techniques for Social Media Data:
- Best practices for preserving the integrity of digital evidence.
- Overview of free tools and methods for secure storage and documentation.
- Data Authentication and Verification:
- Techniques for verifying the authenticity of digital evidence.
- Presentation of Digital Evidence in Legal Proceedings:
- Tips for creating compelling presentations of digital evidence for court.
- Overview of free tools for organizing, analyzing, and presenting evidence effectively.
Participants will leave this webinar with a comprehensive understanding of free tools available for capturing, preserving, presenting, and authenticating digital evidence in social media investigations. The course aims to empower law enforcement officers with practical skills that enhance their ability to navigate the digital realm while adhering to budgetary constraints.
Note: This course is suitable for law enforcement and prosecutors at all levels who are involved in digital evidence collection and investigations. Attendees are required to be active employees of either a law enforcement agency, district, state, or federal government prosecutor.
INSTRUCTOR - Detective Hock is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division at a large department in the Dallas, Texas area. He is currently assigned on a federal violent crime task force, where many cases are self-initiated based upon the evidence gathered from open source intelligence. He worked in a real time crime center, where he was responsible for uncovering and supplying real time, actionable intelligence to field operations personnel by using a combination of social media platforms, law enforcement databases and open source intelligence. He is a highly commended officer in the use of “out of the box” techniques to safely apprehend and successfully prosecute criminals. He maintains current knowledge regarding the use of technology in law enforcement. He has been sought after by numerous local, state and federal agencies to assist with high profile investigations using social media and open source investigative techniques. He has trained thousands of first responders in the use of social media and open source investigation techniques.
Recent Evaluations:
“One of the most relevant training classes I’ve had in 21 years. Found a missing juvenile this morning using some of the resources you provided.” Corona, California Student 2022
“Honestly, this is one of the best course I have taken. It is extremely practical, and you cut out a lot of the BS that LE courses tend to come with. No BS just good knowledge. I can't think of anything else that you didn't cover. This is so much good new content that I spent a lot of time on typing out notes, so I can go over the notes again.” Corona, California Student 2022
“A lot of valuable information was presented in a very short period of time. I truly found the class beneficial and would highly recommend it to all police personnel as the trend has become that more crime is being committed with clues and evidence located on the internet and woven into social media.” Shelton, CT Student 2022
