Join the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund for their 33rd Annual Virtual Candlelight Vigil on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. ET. This year, hundreds of names will be engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial walls in Washington, D.C., bringing the total to 22,611 officers killed in the line of duty memorialized there.
An in-person event honoring the fallen will be held during National Police Weekend, October 13–17, 2021.
Join the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund for their virtual National Police Week events on May 9–14, 2021. The events will focus on officer safety and wellness as well as honoring fallen officers whose names were recently added to the National Law Enforcement Museum’s Memorial. The 33rd Annual Candlelight Vigil will take place Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
In person events will take place in Washington, D.C. on October 13–17, 2021.
Join the Urban Institute and The Pew Charitable Trusts for their webinar “Using Evidence for Impact: Data, Research, and Evaluation” on May 27, 2021 at 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET. Presenters will discuss how practitioners use evidence and will give examples of using different types of evidence, such as performance metrics, administrative and statistical data, survey research, and formal program evaluation results, when making decisions about policy, programs, and management.
Speakers
Allison Holmes, Senior Research Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation
This course provides the fundamental knowledge and skills required to acquire forensic backup images of commonly encountered forms of digital evidence (Microsoft Windows-based and external storage devices) in a forensically sound manner.
This course is for officers, investigators, and analysts who encounter cell phone evidence that includes information external to the phone. Class concepts include instruction on how to request, read, and analyze call detail records from cellular providers, and how to plot cellular site locations to determine the approximate position of a suspect during a given period. No special hardware or software is required. However, this course focuses heavily on analysis; as such, a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is highly recommended. Students are provided with a free copy of the National White Collar Crime Center's (NW3C) PerpHound tool, which assists in the plotting of call detail record locations.
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to perform a limited digital forensic examination, validate hardware and software tools, and effectively use digital forensic suites and specialized tools. The course begins with a detailed review of the digital forensic examination process, including documentation, case management, evidence handling, validation, and virtualization. Students learn to use today's leading commercial and open source digital forensic suites: Magnet Axiom, X-ways Forensic, and Autopsy. Instruction on each suite will include an interface overview, configuration, hashing, file signature analysis, keyword searching, data carving, bookmarking, and report creation.
This course introduces learners to the concept of digital footprints and best practices in protecting personally identifiable information (PII). Topics include limiting an individual’s digital footprint, protecting privacy on social media, and the consequences of oversharing personal information, as well as steps to take after becoming a target of doxing.
This course introduces the information and techniques law enforcement personnel need to safely and methodically collect and preserve digital evidence at a crime scene. Topics include recognizing potential sources of digital evidence; planning and executing a digital evidence-based seizure; and the preservation, packaging, documentation, and transfer of digital evidence
This course covers the identification and extraction of artifacts associated with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Topics include the Change Journal, BitLocker, and a detailed examination of the various artifacts found in each of the Registry hive files. Students also examine Event Logs, Volume Shadow Copies, link files, and thumbnails. This course uses a mixture of lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands-on exercises.
This course introduces learners to the concept of digital footprints and best practices in protecting personally identifiable information (PII). Topics include limiting an individual’s digital footprint, protecting privacy on social media, and the consequences of oversharing personal information, as well as steps to take after becoming a target of doxing.