Justice Information Sharing

This innovative course provides criminal investigators, state and local officers, intel analysts, diversion investigators, and other investigators involved in investigations using open source technology a fast-paced, hands-on look at social media investigative tools geared for beginner to intermediate-level users.

The course includes tools for search efficiency, operations security, and evaluating social media websites and microblogs, as well as tools for handling digital images.

Students will be able to:

“Mass Shootings and Victim Considerations” focuses on a topical and complex subject that is likely at the forefront of many prosecutors’ minds. In this presentation, District Attorney George Brauchler, widely known as the prosecutor of James Holmes, the Aurora, Colorado gunman, will home in on the issues district attorneys face while prosecuting mass shootings cases. He will provide anecdotal insights and lessons learned along the way.

This course provides expert guidance in the skills law enforcement officers need to conduct successful online investigations. Topics include IP addresses and domains, an overview of currently popular social media platforms, best practices for building an undercover profile, foundational knowledge related to the dark web, and the use of the dark web as an investigative tool. Instructors demonstrate both open source and commercially available investigative tools for social engineering, information gathering, and artifacts related to social media, as well as automated utilities to capture information and crawl websites.