Training

    FC101 Financial Investigations Practical Skills (July 20–22, 2021, Virtual)

    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.

    FC122 Intellectual Property Theft Training (July 21, 2021, Virtual)

    This course introduces the problem of intellectual property (IP) theft and provides tools, techniques, and resources for investigating and prosecuting these crimes. A combination of lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises illustrates the potential dangers and economic repercussions of counterfeit products, as well as best practices and techniques for investigating IP theft. Students are provided with a state-specific folder that includes relevant statutes, sample organizational documents for IP investigations, and additional resources for investigators and prosecutors.

    FC111 Financial Crimes Against Seniors Seminar (July 21, 2021, Virtual)

    This course promotes a multiagency approach to the problem of financial exploitation of senior citizens. Topics include working with senior victims, examining documents like bank records and power of attorney, and using resources for investigation and community awareness. Detailed examination of a case study, from initial complaint to prosecution, reinforces and illustrates the course content. With a dual focus on financial abuse by trusted persons and common scams aimed at seniors, the course introduces senior-specific investigative skills while facilitating networking and cooperation that can extend out of the classroom and into real cases.

    Webinar: Creating Buy-in: Best Practices for Collaborating with Referral Sources on Crisis Stabilization Units

    Join The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance for their webinar “Creating Buy-in: Best Practices for Collaborating with Referral Sources on Crisis Stabilization Units” on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET. Panelists with mental and behavioral health backgrounds will discuss crisis stabilization units (CSUs) or similarly designed models and ways to encourage buy-in for CSUs.

    Speakers:

    Dominique Burton, Project Associate, National Police Foundation

    Briefings: Patrol Essentials for Treatment Court - 2021 Regional Virtual Lunch and Learn Training Series

    Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Drug Court Institute for Briefings, a training curriculum designed by law enforcement for law enforcement, including in-person training, virtual lunch-and-learns, and publications. This training provides law enforcement officers with some of the key tools to build an agency-wide understanding of treatment courts and diversion programs, develop standard engagement protocols, and improve jurisdictions' public safety outcomes. 

    Webinar: Cybercrime Insights, Trends, and Investigative Strategies

    From the perspective of the world's largest regulated global crypto exchange, this webinar will provide an introduction to Coinbase's Global Intelligence team, cryptocurrency, and blockchain investigations from an investigator who has been working with law enforcement around the globe for the last seven years. Presenters will also discuss trends in cybercrime, crypto money laundering, ransomware, and cracking down on the darkweb.

    SQLite Survival Series Part II: SQLite Exploration with Forensic Browser for SQLite

    Join Maggie Gaffney of Teel Technologies and NW3Cs Chris Atha as they present the second installment of the three-part Springtime SQLite Survival series. Part I SQLite Statements and Structures highlighted the basic functionality of SQLite. This session will focus on leveraging Sanderson's Forensic Browser for SQLite to dive deeper into SQLite files. Applicable attendees will receive a 4 month license for Sanderson's Forensics SQLite Explorer.

    CI103 Basic Cyber Investigations: Advertising Identifiers (Aug. 6, 2021, Virtual)

    This one-day course, focused on device location information, is for law enforcement investigators and analysts. 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.

    DF205 Intermediate Digital Forensic Analysis: SQLite Primer (Virtual, Aug. 10, 2021)

    Mobile devices dominate the intake list and the desks of most digital forensics analysts globally. Devices are becoming more secure, with an increase in security; the need for detailed analysis is increasing as well. SQLite is a self-contained, serverless database engine. It is found on nearly every operating system and dominates iOS, Android, and macOS as one of the most prevalent and relevant data storage mechanisms. Rather than hope our forensic tools support the newest applications or be tethered to how a certain utility parses data, we can arm ourselves with the skills and techniques needed to conquer the analysis of nearly any application.

    DF101 Basic Digital Forensic Analysis: Windows Acquisition (Virtual, Aug. 16–18, 2021)

    This course provides the fundamental knowledge and skills required to acquire forensic backup images from Windows-based computers and removable storage media in a forensically sound manner.

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