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E- Investigations

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A seminar to be held September 12, 2007, from 9am –2pm

at The Conference Center at Bentley College

175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA, 02452

Price:  $158 per Person

Topics:  Cell Phone and Small Digital Device Forensics – Instant Messaging – Text Messaging – Computer Forensics – Using Social Networking Sites for Investigations – Cyber-Bullying and Cyber-Harassment – The State of the Law Re: Searching and Seizing a Digital Device - Solving Problems Online – Encountering a Digital Device on the Street

 “Bonus DVD” for Attendees:  Digital Mayhem in Schools

Attendees will learn:

§  What to do when encountering a cell phone or other small digital device on the street. The acquisition of information from a small digital device at the scene.

 

§  How criminals are using these devices in the commission of a crime.

 

§  How to preserve evidence from small digital devices so it will be admissible in court.

 

§  The basics of computer forensics and what steps to take to ensure the admissibility of evidence seized from a computer.

 

§  The current state of the law and expected changes that you need to be aware of. Revisiting the plain view doctrine.

 

§  How to use social networking sites such as MySpace.com, YouTube.com for investigations.

 

§  The use of the 10 minute email address and of spoof cards.

 

§  Cyber-bullying and cyber-harassment – how to investigate them.

Handouts

§  Copy of all power-point presentations

§  Guidelines for Cell Phone Forensics

§  Checklist for warrant for a computer

§  Guidelines for PDA Forensics

§  Bonus DVD – Digital Mayhem in Schools

Bring your laptop to participate with Sgt. Obuchowski in solving problems online.

Speakers are:

Sgt. Andrew Obuchowski, Police Officer, Member of a High Tech Crime Task Force and Adjunct Professor at Anna Maria College:

Sgt. Andy Obuchowski, who has a Master’s degree in Computer Forensics, will present the basics of computer and other digital instruments forensics and the necessary steps to take when preserving electronic evidence so that the evidence will survive a challenge in court. He also will present digital problems for law enforcement that members of the audience will solve online.

Sgt. Corey MacDonald, Prosecuting Attorney, Portsmouth, NH, Police Department, Member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bar, Drug Recognition Expert:

Sgt. MacDonald, who spent a year on MySpace.com as a school resource officer, is recognized as the most knowledgeable law enforcement person in the country on MySpace.com.  He will discuss how the emergence of social networking sites has led to a tremendous amount of cyber-harassing and cyber-bullying – especially among teens – and will explain how to discover and investigate these cases.

Chief Lou Pacheco – Chief - Raynham Police Dept., President of the High Tech Crime Consortium

Chief Pacheco will present the latest information on cell phones and other miniature digital devices. He will outline the steps to be taken when first encountering these devices in an investigation and how to search and seizure any evidence on them. He will discuss how detectives can best use technology to make their case. Chief Pacheco will not only discuss the uses of technology by detectives but also the uses to which criminals are using technology to commit crimes.

Henry M. Quinlan, Esq., Publisher, Law Enforcement Intelligence Report:

Mr. Quinlan is the former editor of Search and Seizure Bulletin and has been publishing in the law enforcement field for many years. He will present a series of case studies involving the search and seizure of computers and other digital instruments.

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