July 29, 2022
8:30AM- 4:30PM
Fairfield Inn & Suites
1150 Northpoint Dr, Coppell, TX 75019
This Social Media Investigations course is designed to teach law enforcement personnel how to legally utilize and exploit social media intelligence in their respective roles. Students will start out the course by learning the most current case law that allows them to use these techniques in their investigations, then the students will be shown how to properly set up undercover accounts on social media platforms. The course will then cover the most popular social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter. Students will be taught how to find their target on each of the platforms, how to connect their target to an account and how to submit/analyze the legal process from these platforms. During the course students will be shown relevant and current case studies to reinforce some of the unconventional investigative techniques taught in the course. Most importantly students will be shown how to properly document, save and preserve the evidence they find on social media.
Nearly every case law enforcement investigates has a tie to social media, starting from the first responding officer taking the report to the detective finishing the case. The investigative techniques taught in this class apply to Patrol Officers, Detectives, SRO’s, Dispatchers, Crime Analysts, etc. ***LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES ONLY***
Instructor: Detective Hock is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division at a large department in the Dallas area. As part of his current assignment he is 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. Since 2017 Detective Hock has trained thousands of law enforcement on the use of social media Investigative techniques.
Topics Include:
Legal issues & case law regarding social media Investigations
Setting up UC accounts on social media
Social Media investigations on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok
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.
Recent Evaluations:
“Detective Hock, thoroughly enjoyed the class. 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 bull crap that LE courses tend to come with. No bullshit 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
