This 8-hour certificate course will provide law enforcement officers with a foundation for recovering evidence from GPS devices and preparing it for courtroom presentation.
Where: San Diego, CA
When: March 4, 2025
Cost: $175
As a law enforcement investigator, imagine if you could go back in time and place a tracking device on the vehicle or vessel of your suspect, or even place it on the suspect's person. The tracker could capture and store your suspect's travels, record where the suspect went, what time, how fast, and how long he or she stayed. Boaters, anglers, and hunters across America are buying and using tracking devices every day - in the form of GPS units. Modern Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices are capable of storing vast amounts of navigational data in the form of maps, track lines, waypoints, routes, and more. Some of this data is captured and stored automatically by the device whenever it is in use. Other data is manually entered by the GPS user. In the hands of a law enforcement investigator, the data can be used as devastating evidence in a courtroom setting.
This introduction to GPS Forensics will provide law enforcement officers with a foundation for recovering evidence from GPS devices and preparing it for courtroom presentation. The class will take students through the history of the GPS system, describe the components of the system, and explain the basic concepts of how the devices hold. They will learn the best practices for securing a GPS for examination and the legal guidelines that must be followed. Finally, students will learn about the tools and software needed to conduct a basic examination of a GPS, and learn how to present the results.
Students must bring a laptop to this training session and will be required to download GPS software to fully participate. NASBLA will provide USB "flash drives" loaded with the Student Manual and all the data needed to perform class exercises.
