Training Delivery - Webinar

Collecting Evidence from Online Social Media: Building a Cyber-OSINT Toolbox

There is a rapid evolution in the technologies people use to communicate and share material with each other, in the companies providing the sharing platforms, and in how people choose to communicate with each other. People are increasingly choosing to communicate using text, images, and videos rather than traditional electronic voice communications. And they increasingly choose to use platforms that make this communication openly available for others to view. This means that evidence associated with not just metadata but also content of communications can often be collected through open sources long after the communication is completed. While evidence of criminality and victimization can be recovered through open source investigative techniques, many of the commercial tools marketed to criminal investigators and analysts are expensive. This sometimes places them outside the reach of police departments, and social media companies are increasingly blocking API connections for commercial tools that allow the tools to be used for "surveillance." Therefore, it is increasingly important for criminal investigators and analysts to build an inexpensive cyber-OSINT toolbox. This webinar will discuss the rapidly evolving ecosystem of online social media and how people are changing how they choose to communicate. It will then detail and demonstrate free and inexpensive cyber-OSINT tools that criminal investigators and analysts can use to start building a cyber-OSINT toolbox.

STOP School Violence 2019 BJA Solicitation Webinar

Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Center for School Safety on Wednesday, January 29 at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program funding opportunity. The FY 2019 STOP School Violence Grant Program seeks to improve school security by equipping students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond to, and help prevent acts of violence.

Veterans' Courts: Community of Practice Session

The January 2020 Tribal Community of Practice will focus on justice systems and services dedicated to veterans. Our discussion will revolve around topics relevant to assisting American Indian veterans that include: historical context of warriors within tribal communities, military cultural competency, combat trauma, and resources/practices geared toward restoration. 

Please join the National Criminal Justice Training Center in our dialogue that will encourage idea-sharing to develop well-rounded and informed services for our community members.

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Upcoming Solicitations from BJA Webinar

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will host a webinar focused on upcoming BJA solicitations on Thursday, January 30 from 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EST. Dr. Angela Williamson — Supervisor of National Initiatives/Federal Bureau of Investigation Violent Criminal Apprehension Program Liaison — will be sharing information on criminal-justice based programs that will soon be requesting proposals. The webinar will highlight forensics-based programs at 11:00 a.m. EST and investigations-based programs at 11:30 a.m. EST.

What Might Your Forensic Acquisitions Be Hiding?

The process of acquiring forensic images is well understood, and the industry has never been better equipped for the analysis. However, common practices are set to fail, and analysis may be missing malware and indicators of compromise. This webinar will highlight shortcomings in common methods and provide a framework for an improved approach to allow for more efficient and thorough investigations.

CGIC 2020 Solicitation Informational Webinar

Please join the National Resource and Technical Assistance Center (NRTAC) on Improving Law Enforcement Investigations, a Center funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance and administered by the National Police Foundation and its partners, for an informational webinar on the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s 2020 Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) Solicitation.

Webinar Date and Time:
January 9, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:00pm EST

Webinar - Capital Litigation Improvement Project Webinar Series: Victim Counsel Coordination

Randy Udelman of the Arizona Crime Victim Rights Law Group will present on victim counsel coordination and offer a sample start-to-finish hypothetical case based on real facts—illustrating how to effectively meet victim needs in capital case prosecution.

This webinar is part of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Capital Litigation Improvement Project webinar series.

Surviving and Thriving in the Court Room

The essence of any good investigation, is the conviction of the person's responsible for committing those crimes. This Webinar will focus on testifying in court and the post arrest process in preparing for trial. This webinar will also focus on what to incorporate or not incorporate in your reports. We will discuss how to negate arguments made by defense counsel, how to testify, how to be more credible, how to prepare and ultimately set yourself up for success in any trial. Different types of court proceedings and strategies will also be discussed.

Counterfeit Goods: Money Laundering in Plain Sight

The sale of counterfeit goods may be thought of as a relatively harmless crime, when in reality production, sale, and distribution of counterfeit goods represents money laundering, corruption, fraud, human trafficking, sanctions evasion, and terrorist finance. Much like the sale of illegal narcotics, the production, distribution, and sale of counterfeit goods can yield hundreds of billions of dollars every year. As a result, transnational and localized organized crime groups are involved at every step of the operation. This session will highlight the risks involved with the sale of counterfeit goods, as well as the illicit actors involved, and how these goods make their way into the stream of commerce. This session will explain the nexus between organized criminal activity and the sale of counterfeit goods, while drawing sharp correlations to traditional anti-money laundering controls. Attendees will learn the risk indicators of the sale of counterfeit goods, as well as how to use open source databases to enhance due diligence searches for potential vendors linked to the sale of counterfeit goods. The session will provide recommendations on how to leverage analytics and gap analysis to further detect potentially high-risk customers, products, and transactions.

The Neurological and Psychological Elements of Victims, Witnesses, and Suspects

This webinar will focus on how the advent of technology and neuroscience has impacted victims and made them more vulnerable to the criminal element. We will go over the psychological aspects of criminal mindset as well as the investigator's mindset in order to set them up for success. This webinar will focus on the understanding of human behavior, what to look for, and how to understand people and influence your outcome.

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