October 18-19, 2022

Roswell Alpharetta Public Safety Training Center (RAPSTC)

11565 Maxwell Rd.

Alpharetta, GA 30009

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

Students will be given a FREE list of investigative resources in the class and shown numerous free databases/resources during the class.

Cancellation Policy:

Full refund if cancelled more than 30 days prior to start of event

If cancelled less than 30 days prior to start of event there are no refunds, however you can swap seats with someone from your agency.