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Join Justice Clearinghouse for their upcoming “Ethical Decision-Making for Law Enforcement and Other Justice Professionals” webinar on June 10, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
This webinar is designed to provide an overview of technology and ethics, as well as justice professionals’ use of social media websites. We will review the moral concepts of goodness, right, and obligation, and the ways in which they operate in the workplace.
These concepts are further enhanced during the questions posed during the webinar and chatroom discussions. Additionally, this training is designed to provide participants with a review of some ethical dilemmas that can arise in the workplace. During this webinar, we will:
Join the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) for their webinar “Collecting Evidence from Online Social Media: Building a Cyber-OSINT Toolbox” on March 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The popularity of social media and alternative ways of communicating calls for new ways to investigate these communications. Social media communication is often shared on open platforms and can be made available long after it is created.
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:
This workshop, designed for prosecutors, will explore various social networking sites and potential evidence recoverable from those sites for the use in investigations. Participants will learn not only about various techniques that can be used to identify profiles of people involved in the case, but also how to utilize the connections between people to explore more potential corroborative evidence. Knowing what is possible through social media searching will help prosecutors ask the right questions and understand the evidence being provided to them by their investigators.
Social media has leveled the playing field for law enforcement agencies to retake control of the narrative of who they are, why they serve, and what they do. But being able to engage with your digital audience goes beyond just posting information about your agency – you must find ways to engage, converse, and connect. But how do you do that, and more importantly, why should you do it? The task of tackling your digital presence cannot just fall to anyone.
Join the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Diagnostic Center for the webinar “Social Media as a #LawEnforcement Tool: The Fundamentals” on Tuesday, July 18 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. During this webinar, participants will learn core concepts for establishing a positive social media presence in law enforcement departments.
Research has shown that the majority of people, youth and adults, engage with some type of social media. While social media has many positive uses, it can also be misused and abused by criminals in many crimes, particularly in cases of stalking and dating/domestic violence.
