This dynamic presentation addresses terrorism related events in the United States. In 2007, Deputy Blakely initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in rural South Carolina that would change his life. That traffic stop disrupted an act of terrorism during the planning stages. It stands, to date, as the only terrorist attack prevented by a patrol officer on a traffic stop. This course will discuss in depth details of Cpl. Lamar Blakely’s August 4, 2007 traffic stop, which resulted in the arrest and prosecution of a terrorist and other associates. It will be an up close and personal look at the pros and cons in handling this situation as well as lessons learned. Cpl. Blakely will discuss the various hearings that lasted several years. This course will help officers better understand the threat of terrorism, how it affects each of our communities regardless of how large or small, and give officers a closer look into documentation during traffic stops, as well as how to get the community involved. The second part of this course will educate officers on the need for proactive law enforcement in today’s society. He’ll discuss the resources available to officers to further the protective efforts of the community and nation.

Being a cop is more than what you do, it is who you ARE!!!  It’s how you think of and define yourself, and it’s a title to wear with pride.  Law enforcement is a unique and challenging profession, practiced by men & women specially wired to take on those challenges.

Balancing on-and-off duty life is something we all face, and where many of us falter.  Leading a well-rounded life is crucial for both personal and professional success.  But knowing how to lead that well-rounded life is a challenge for many.

This course examines common personal & professional roadblocks that prevent officers from leading a balanced life.  We teach a reality-based approach focused on developing the whole person.  After all, a balanced cop is an energized cop.

Course Content

• Being More Than A Cop©
• Defining personal & emotional health
• Effects of adrenaline on health
• Common self-defeating beliefs
• Building resiliency
• Understanding the mind/body connection
• Creating balance between home & work
• Managing anxiety & stress
• Surviving burnout
• When burnout turns to depression
• Resistance to becoming emotionally well
• Relationship 911!!
• Effective communication strategies
• Steps to save relationships or say good-bye

Michael Bazzell is the Computer Crime Detective for the Alton, Illinois Police Department. Since 1997, he has handled all cases involving any type of Computer Crime and Computer Forensic Analysis, including several State and Federal cases throughout the Metro-East St. Louis area. In 2005, Michael was assigned full time to the FBI’s Cyber Crime Task Force, where he continues to investigate Federal cases being prosecuted by the United State’s Attorney’s Office. He is also a part time instructor for Lewis & Clark College teaching Ethical Hacking, Computer Forensics, and Computer Investigation. Since 2002 he has been an active member of the elite Technical Operations Group of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, and served five years as the Director of the Metro-East Regional Computer Crime Enforcement Group under the authority of the Illinois Attorney General. As an active member of these organizations, he has been involved in numerous high-tech crime investigations including online child solicitation, manufacture of child pornography, child abduction, kidnapping, cold-case homicide, and high level internet bank intrusions.

In his free time, he is a published photographer, freelance writer, and studio musician.

Courses:

New High Tech Investigation Techniques – Basic

New High Tech Investigation Techniques – Advanced

New High Tech Investigation Techniques (Advanced) – This one day session expands on the basic online investigation techniques that are vital to any Officer’s arsenal of tools. This is a very full day of instruction intended on teaching a unique response to crime with unconventional free resources. Additionally, a session demonstrating how hackers are creating havoc will help deliver an educated response from an Officer to the victims of internet crime. Times can be adjusted to fit your needs. Participants receive lifetime access to the Basic Investigations Resources and Advanced Investigations Portal areas of the site which include updated links, content, software, guides, and templates. All session details can be found by clicking the course link above.

Open Source Intelligence Techniques

This session identifies and demonstrates over 200 free online resources that can aid Investigators in solving both technical and non-technical crimes. Participants will be shown how to “dig” into the internet for personal information about any target. While popular sites such as Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook are covered in detail (including techniques that legally access some “private” content), the presentation goes much deeper into the vast resources available online for researching personal information. Additionally, instructions for identifying local events such as flash mobs and fights in real time will be presented in great detail. Aside from web sites, other technologies such as digital camera data, document meta-data, Geo-location services, and live communication monitoring will be explained. These sources can also be used to conduct thorough background checks on potential employees. All resources can be applied to domestic and international investigations.

Among many other techniques, the attendees will learn how to conduct the following queries.

General search queries on dozens of search engines
Use online translation tools to search and translate foreign text
Monitor live content and communication on social networks
Create online map layers to identify communication by location
Thorough searches of all social networks
Access content believed to be private on social networks
Search Geo Location data within Twitter streams
Analyze micro blogging content by location
Reverse search by photograph
Search historical versions of websites
Locate documents related to target subject
Identify crime rings using online auction sites
Locate online photo albums shared by target subjects
Locate online videos related to subject of investigation
Analyze EXIF data in photographs to identify suspects
Search online forums for communication

Case Examples

Actual case examples are demonstrated that apply several of the techniques discussed to solve a series of felonies. This demonstration gives a complete view of how the techniques are used in unison to solve individual cases.

Collecting Online Content

The audience will be shown how to use various technologies to assist with any type of investigation. Topics include internet provider emergency contacts, online evidence documentation, online video extraction, social networks analysis, and more. Several methods of manually extracting online content will be explained as well as the benefits of each. Precise methods of obtaining content directly from Facebook and other networks will be demonstrated. All procedures will be explained from start to finish including preparation of search warrants and emergency requests. Digital templates will be available to all participants.

Online Investigation Techniques

The audience will be shown how to use advanced technologies to assist with any type of investigation. Topics include identifying compromised email addresses, “spoofing” caller ID, anonymous forwarding email addresses, anonymous forwarding phone numbers, identifying shortened links, monitoring online digital radio frequencies, locating stolen data phones, rental vehicle information, and more. All procedures will be explained from start to finish and links will be available to all participants.

Online Investigation Resources (API’s)

This session identifies and demonstrates several free online resources that compile many of the websites presented during the basic course. This automated process can aid Investigators in solving both technical and non-technical crimes. Participants will be shown how to request, retrieve, and analyze the content received during this process. All attendees will also get access to premium licensed API keys for unlimited searching.

Intel Analysis Software

This session will demonstrate free software tools that will aid an Officer during any type of investigation. A custom portable web browser will be given to the participants that include configured plugins that add new search features. These include reverse image location, automatic media download, instant screen capture, and more. Additionally, the browser is configured to block website analytics that can divulge sensitive information about the searcher. Other software includes tools that clone websites, locate twitter data, recover deleted files, display historical versions of satellite mapping data, and identify metadata within online documents. Attendees will have full access to the entire collection of software demonstrated during the session.

Hiding From The Internet

Police Officers and their families are constantly at risk of being targeted by criminal suspects. This session identifies publicly available vulnerabilities that expose sensitive information about Officers. Resources for eliminating this public and private data are explained as well as expected results. Attendees will learn how to eliminate their personal information, including address and contact information, from both public and private databases. Online resources for eliminating personal information will be provided to all recipients.

New High Tech Investigation Techniques (Basic) – This one day session focuses on the investigation techniques that are vital to any Officer’s arsenal of tools. This is a full day of instruction intended on teaching a unique response to crime with unconventional free resources. While the advanced course expands on additional topics, this crash course covers the essentials. Times can be adjusted to fit your needs. Participants receive lifetime access to the Basic Investigations Resources area of the site which includes updated links, content, software, guides, and templates.

Open Source Intelligence Techniques

This session identifies and demonstrates over 250 free online resources that can aid Investigators in solving both technical and non-technical crimes. Participants will be shown how to “dig” into the internet for personal information about any target. While popular sites such as Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook are covered in detail (including techniques that legally access some “private” content), the presentation goes much deeper into the vast resources available online for researching personal information. Additionally, instructions for identifying local events such as flash mobs and fights in real time will be presented in great detail. Aside from web sites, other technologies such as digital camera data, document meta-data, Geo-location services, and live communication monitoring will be explained. These sources can also be used to conduct thorough background checks on potential employees. All resources can be applied to domestic and international investigations.

Among many other techniques, the attendees will learn how to conduct the following queries.

General search queries on dozens of search engines
Use online translation tools to search and translate foreign text
Monitor live content and communication on social networks
Create online map layers to identify communication by location
Thorough searches of all social networks
Access content believed to be private on social networks
Search Geo Location data within Twitter streams
Analyze micro blogging content by location
Reverse search by photograph
Search historical versions of websites
Locate documents related to target subject
Identify crime rings using online auction sites
Locate online photo albums shared by target subjects
Locate online videos related to subject of investigation
Analyze EXIF data in photographs to identify suspects
Search online forums for communication

Case Example

Actual case examples are demonstrated that apply several of the techniques discussed to solve a series of felonies. This demonstration gives a complete view of how the techniques are used in unison to solve individual cases.

The Winning Mind© 

Dave Smith

8 hours

Presented by David S. Smith

Dave Smith & Associates

Winning Mind Seminars

Dave “J.D. Buck Savage” Smith first presented The Winning Mind© in 1987.  Since then it has evolved into one of the most remarkable training experiences that law enforcement personnel will ever attend.  By looking at the key components of peak performance, including who survives and why, the roles that optimism, risk and bureaucracy play in our personal and professional lives, and how individuals and organizations can make themselves truly resilient, Dave presents an entertaining & inspiring program designed to help everyone, regardless of their experience, optimize their odds of winning any confrontation.

The Winning Mind is updated continuously and can be customized for any agency, event, conference or audience.  In his unique, energetic style, Dave Smith gives men & women the mental edge they need to not only face threats on the street but also manage the stresses they may confront in their daily lives, both on and off duty.  In this multi-media session, Dave will discuss:

• What makes someone a “winner?”
• Why “survival” is minimalistic and we must train to WIN!
• Understanding the role beliefs play in winning.
• What is true “optimism?”
• The science of crisis decision making.
• The “Not Today” mindset, every day, on every shift
• The role of “Warrior Ethos” in all aspects of law enforcement.
• Understanding your own Risk Thermostat.
• Maintaining optimism in a bureaucratic world
• Preventing panic, the “archenemy of survival.” 
• Being truly resilient after a setback!

This course is perfect for everyone in your agency from management to recruits, from sworn to civilian, from patrol to investigations, and can be customized to fit individual agency needs. Dave Smith’s The Winning Mind has something for everyone!

Gangs in Schools:  Prevention to Investigation

This one-day class is for school officials, teachers, police officers, school resource officers, detectives, juvenile detectives, and gang officers   Learn the tools proven to reduce gang activity and violence in and around grade schools, middle schools, high schools and Universities by gang experts.  Blocks of instructions will include:

• Identifying existing problems in your schools
• Dealing with school administration
• Dealing with uncooperative parents
• Gang identification and documentation in schools
• Gang recruitment in schools
• Student’s rights and Due Process
• Gang education and specific training for parents, staff/teachers

• Alternative school programs

Gangs in Schools: Prevention to Investigation was developed and is presented by Dom Cappelluti, Street-Strategies, Inc. and it is part of  his one-day topic specific seminar series.

Gang Combat Dynamics (GCD): A Zero-tolerance Approach to Gangs

This two-day course will provide the investigator with strategies to vigorously target, investigate, interview/interrogate, prosecute and prevent resurgence of criminal street gangs. The program will equip the investigator with the knowledge and tools to “attack” organized gangs by using a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional approach. The concepts taught in this course have been used to effectively dismantle gangs and take back communities.

• Understanding today’s gang alliances and their growing social network
• Gangs in schools
• Effective street interviewing
• Conducting gang investigations- graffiti to homicide
• Being successful in the interview- getting confessions from
• Strategize your follow up attack- eradication strategies

This popular workshop has been instrumental in helping organizations improve relationships with dispatchers and the first responders they serve. We recognize that all personnel are trying to do essentially the same job from two very different locations and perspectives.  They often have separate rules, dissimilar shifts, and frankly, neither entity truly understands the other.  Recognizing “The Love/Hate Relationship” can bring dispatchers, first responders, and their supervisors and managers together like no other workshop offered on the market today.

This interactive, multi-media session will give attendees the insight they need to bridge the gap between line personnel and the dispatchers and call-takers that support help them and help everyone see, hear and feel what is happening on both sides of the microphone.  As public safety organizations, we must recognize that the actions, instincts, and expertise of a good dispatcher can play a vital role in police officer safety and survival and managers can bring both sides together to work as a team.

A dispatcher can be a police officer’s life-line in a dangerous encounter.  This workshop will give everyone who attends new insight into bringing those on the street and those in the communications center together, and will be tailored to your organization.

This course will provide additional insight on:

• Helping dispatchers understand officer survival tactics on and off the street
• Recognizing the unique stressors dispatcher face on every tour of duty
• Applying “warrior ethos” to the dispatch function as well as the entire organization
• Defining respectful and “tactical” communication techniques for all personnel
• Bringing dispatchers and officers together before, during and after a critical incident
• How you and your personnel can communicate effectively within your organization…really
• Helping personnel understand and appreciate gender and generational differences
• Learning to manage and use “conflict” to become a truly functional team
• And so much more!