Juvenile Justice Agencies

This course provides hands-on investigative training at a basic level. Students develop the practical skills, insight, and knowledge necessary to manage a successful financial investigation from start to finish, including the acquisition and examination of financial records, interview skills, and case management and organization. Additional topics include forgery and embezzlement, financial exploitation of the elderly, working with spreadsheets, financial profiling, and state-specific statutes and legal issues. *Emerging issues. Current trends in various types of financial crimes.

This course covers basic intelligence writing and briefing principles as well as methods for effective and clear intelligence sharing. Topics covered include creative and critical thinking, critical reading skills, source evaluation, privacy and civil rights, intelligence writing style and structure, and generating and presenting intelligence briefings. With guidance from experienced experts, students gain hands-on experience by working through data sets based on real cases to produce intelligence products.

In todays cyber threat environment, attackers and defenders are constantly trying to outmaneuver each other and the stakes are higher than ever, particularly for mission-critical systems and communications. Understanding the methods and motivations of threat actors is crucial to developing a proactive program to defend against and prevent future attacks. In part one of our four part webinar series, we will introduce our insights and analysis of the most significant and impactful cyber threats facing public safety organizations.

The webinar covers one type of "crime as a service" (CaaS) offered on clearnet and darknet spaces, namely malware as a service (MaaS). Specifically, this webinar introduces participants to MaaS, the Clearnet, and Darknet sites where malware and MaaS are marketed, advertised, and sold, and information about them is distributed. Particularly, attention will be paid to the M.O., tactics, targets, and tools used by perpetrators of this cybercrime.

Expand your DFIR skills by diving into the world of malware analysis. In this webinar, you will learn essential techniques and strategies for incorporating malware analysis into your skillset, enabling you to effectively identify, analyze, and mitigate malicious software threats. By participating, you will acquire hands-on experience, along with the knowledge and tools essential for fortifying your defense against malware attacks. By participating, you will acquire hands-on experience, along with the knowledge and tools essential for fortifying your defense against malware attacks.

The sixth course in the STORM series explores the unique dynamics of law enforcement as a family-centered occupation, emphasizing the ripple effects of officers experiences on their families. It addresses the challenges law enforcement families face, such as long hours, public scrutiny, and emotional detachment, and highlights the importance of resilience, adaptability, and clear communication to overcome these obstacles. Strategies for building resilience are provided, including fostering positive family interactions, addressing emotional needs, and creating supportive networks.

This course will provide insight and information on the topic of wellness and mental health, focusing on stress and resilience in everyday policing. At the conclusion of this course, you will understand how stress affects the brain, alters behaviors and feelings, and tools to build resilience. It is imperative that law enforcement officers understand that to take care of others you must take care of yourself first. Wellness and mental health training is not an option, but a requirement to ensure you can sustain a healthy career and personal life.

Today with the advent of Internet press and social media, press outlets can get information, factual or not, out in a matter of seconds. Your investigation or incident can become viral, making it challenging to navigate. This webinar will go over some techniques on crisis communication and navigating the press. We will discuss how to make sound bites to the press advantageous to you and how to avoid getting trapped and used by the press.

Human beings are recruited, advertised, traded, bought, sold, and even rented on websites, chat rooms, social media platforms, online classified advertisement sites, and communication platforms.

Join us to explore IoT through the optics of the investigator and the examiner. Let us examine the most popular IoT technology, essential planning in any case, how to identify and search for relevant technologies at search or crime scenes, what digital evidence is available locally versus remotely, what tools are available to assist in collection and analysis, what should you know about IoT related legal process, and where to obtain additional resources, focused training, and technical assistance.