Training

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 NW3Cs PerpHound tool, which assists in the plotting of call detail record locations.

*Cellular technology. Land-line and cellular networks. Types and generations of cell phones. Cell site design and its implications for law enforcement.
*Analysis of call detail records. Request information from service providers. Convert records into a useful format. *Merge two related spreadsheets. Read and analyze using filters, sorting, and pivot tables. Plot location information.
*Hands-on experience. Hands-on experience with NW3Cs free software tool PerpHound and Microsoft Excel to analyze various types of records that are available from cellular providers.

This course promotes a multi-agency approach to the problem of financial exploitation of senior citizens. Bringing together law enforcement personnel and adult protective services investigators, the course enhances students' investigative skills and interviewing techniques while facilitating networking and cooperation that can extend out of the classroom and into real cases. Topics include recognizing elder abuse, working with victims, identifying perpetrators, and resources for investigation and community awareness. Students work together to conduct a mock investigation into a hypothetical case.

*Financial investigation basics. What constitutes elder abuse? Family and trusted persons as perpetrators. Statutes and sentencing enhancements.
*Senior victims. Reasons for vulnerability. Special needs like Alzheimer's or dementia.
*Resources. Community awareness and investigative resources.
*Hands-on experience. Work a case as part of an investigative team.

This one-day course provides foundational spreadsheeting knowledge and skills to enhance workplace productivity. The course covers basic navigation of Microsoft Excel by combining live demonstrations and hands-on exercises.

Work with multiple worksheets within a workbook
Hide, unhide, and protect worksheets
Adjust rows and columns
Use copy and paste options
Find, select, and sort data

This course provides an overview of the actions investigators can take at the outset of a financial crime investigation. Students learn to ask critical questions, gather documentation, and analyze information for leads. Topics include obtaining and working with financial records, red flags in financial cases, money laundering, investigative strategies for different types of financial crimes, and commingled funds.

This 1 day course is for law enforcement investigators and analysts, where device location information may be of importance. Class concepts include device identifiers IDs in general, advertising IDs in detail, important legal considerations, overall investigative process, and tools available to law enforcement. Students will use commercially available investigative tools for querying databases of Advertising IDs and displaying their recorded broadcast locations.

This webinar will discuss the inherent stresses of working as a first responder, and how post-traumatic stress, grief, and suicide emerge. We will also discuss ways to curtail stress and build resiliency on and off the job.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Northern and Middle States Rural Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Grant Program is a new initiative designed to provide resources to small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies within the northern and middle region of the U.S. This program will support efforts in addressing precipitous increases of all types of crime unique to this region, including human trafficking, sexual assaults, extortion, gang activity, murder, drug trafficking, and other forms of violent crime. The purposes for the awards under this program are to: Improve the agency's investigative, intelligence, and/or interdiction capabilities. Enhance information sharing, including investigative and intelligence data sharing with other agencies. Assist in projects/initiatives unique to an agency or its region. Improve dedicated communications capabilities. Provide specific technical assistance that could include hardware/software, specialized equipment, and peer assistance. Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements to be considered for this program: Must be a small, rural, or tribal law enforcement agency located within the northern and middle region of the U.S. to include: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Louisiana, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Alaska and serving a population size of 100,000 or less.

Overwhelming evidence-based data reveals that suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. Further research into the data and the tragic stories shows more than enough red flags and warning signs existed before most individuals took their life, making these tragedies preventable. Evidence and success stories reveal how changes in efforts to collect, share, and connect can help intervene, prevent, and disrupt more suicides before they occur. Let's make this Suicide Awareness Month the one that makes a difference today and into the future with changes and actions that save lives all year long. This webinar will highlight how law enforcement teams can connect with schools, communities, and organizations, to create a culture of prevention, and harness the power of innovative and disruptive solutions (6 Stages of Preventing and First Preventers strategies) to disrupt status quo processes in order to save more lives. These strategies empower your school, organization, and community teams to collect and connect the dots and eliminate common and costly gaps, silos, and disconnects to more effectively prevent suicides and other and tragedies so you can start saving lives, reputations, and bottom lines every day. Are you ready to learn how a culture of prevention helps community-wide teams to eliminate soaring fears, liabilities, lawsuits, and costly long-term consequences? Join us to take action and make a difference for those in need!

This webinar will focus on the state of ransomware in August 2021 related criminal communities, nuances of extortion, and other information of value to investigators, digital forensic examiners, and prosecutors confronted with the onslaught of this crime. Please join our presenters as they dissect the technical and the criminal justice challenges as this problem continues to evolve.

The webinar series and “Ask the Expert” sessions were developed under an Office on Violence Against Women grant focused on enhancing victim-centered approaches in community corrections. A victim/survivor-centered approach focuses on the concerns and needs of the victim/survivor to ensure the compassionate and sensitive delivery of services in a non-judgmental manner. These topics were selected based on findings of in-person and virtual listening sessions with professionals from around the country.