Welcome to the Digital Evidence: Legal and Practical Skills for Officers training course. This seminar provided foundational training for officers on identifying and handling digital evidence critical to today’s criminal investigations. Participants learned how to recognize both physical and cloud-based digital evidence, including data from mobile devices, social media platforms, and online service providers. The session covered essential tools and techniques for conducting effective digital investigations, such as researching digital footprints, properly preserving electronic evidence, and submitting lawful requests for data from cellular providers and other online platforms. Emphasis was placed on legal considerations, maintaining the chain of custody, and ensuring that digital evidence is collected and preserved in a manner admissible in court. By the end of the course, officers gained practical skills and knowledge to confidently support the digital components of investigations while maintaining full legal compliance.
This course will also focus on areas including:
- Foundations for identifying both physical and cloud-based digital evidence.
- Topics include cell phone seizure, extraction, analysis, consent searches, search warrants, and presentation of evidence in court.
Our training experts recommend this course for all officers, ranks, and command staff.
Instructor: Detective Sergeant Kevin A. Connolly
Based on his participation in several of these investigations he has received an Investigative Achievement Award from the United States Attorney’s Office and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the United States Congress. He has instructed over 1,000 students on the subject of digital evidence and investigations as well as lectured at both the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia and the National Cyber Crime Conference.
- Credit Hours: 1.5
- Class ID: 25-63-5-A1
- Area: 500
- Topic: Video Investigations, Technology
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