Digital Investigation

ONLINE SELF-STUDY (City & Guilds Assured)
Our City & Guilds Assured Cryptocurrency Investigation training is designed for anyone with a need to understand and investigate the ownership and use of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin.

This training was designed by an experienced cybercrime investigator with decades of experience as a police detective.  Delegates need no prior knowledge of cryptocurrency as the training builds knowledge from the ground up with no expectation of a technical background.

The training covers a number of essential topics, including cryptocurrency wallets, on-ramps and off-ramps, search and seizure guidance, and mining. 

This training is City & Guilds Assured

This learning activity has been recognised and assured by City & Guilds, global leaders in learning excellence and quality.  The Assured Benchmark is the training quality standard that City & Guilds has developed with industry experts and is made up of their five core components (and optional where applicable). They also recognise both face-to-face and digital learning, assessed or non-assessed training – and training in local languages.

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (2 days)
The Digital Search & Seizure training is aimed at staff in a variety of roles including front line, supervisors, forensic scene investigators, POLSA officers, as well as specialist teams. The theme of the training is to take a fresh look at the scene of a search, with a view to identifying the key digital opportunities that exist but may have been overlooked.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Identify/secure an electronic crime scene
• Learn how to deal with witnesses and suspects at scenes
• Identify priorities within a scene
• Understand the risk factors in relation to the loss of evidence
• Evaluate on-site opportunities
• Provide strategic advice to SIOs and colleagues
• Provide some guidance around business crime
• Experience the current development of our virtual reality crime scene

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (1 day)
For supervisors in all roles and fields, this workshop for up to fifty delegates underlines the need for digital investigation awareness across all disciplines of policing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Gain a high-level understanding of the broad range of digital investigation methods available
• Be able to apply methods and strategies to all elements of day-to-day policing
• Identify who in the organisation can provide specialist support in such areas

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (5 days - City & Guilds Assured)
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ONLY
The Digital Tactical Advisor (DTAC) Strategy (5-day) training is tailored for individuals who have already completed the DMI or DTAC Investigator training courses or possess extensive prior expertise in digital investigations. The focus is on honing your strategy writing within the realm of serious crime investigations.

During this intensive course, you will learn how to create comprehensive strategy logs for Senior Investigating Officers. You will cover the considerations that need to be taken into account at various stages of an investigation, enabling you to provide strategic guidance with absolute precision.

You will work through a practical scenario and at each stage learn how to expertly document and present your advice and digital evidence in a format that is not only coherent but easily digestible for all stakeholders involved. The ability to convey complex information with utmost clarity is an indispensable skill that you will master during our programme.

The course will also build upon previous learning of digital investigations by delving into more advanced telecommunications and Digital Forensics techniques.

This learning activity has been recognised as Assured by City & Guilds, global leaders in skills development. Assured is a global quality benchmark that recognises excellence in training and learning. Developed by leading brands in skills development, the Assured benchmark demonstrates how organisations plan, design and deliver their learning programmes to meet world-class quality standards.

 13 - 17 October 2025
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LEARNING OUTCOMES

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (1, 3, or 5 days as required)
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ONLY
In today’s digital landscape, the key to successfully locating missing persons lies in leveraging the vast array of digital intelligence available. Our expert-led training equips UK law enforcement investigators with the skills to harness communications data, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and digital forensics in real-world missing person cases.

This course is designed to enhance investigative capabilities, providing practical techniques and real-case applications to improve outcomes in time-critical situations.

Who is this for?

This training is ideal for:
✅ Investigators working within dedicated Missing Person teams, Public Protection and CID.
✅ Officers new to digital investigations who require a strong foundation.
✅ Experienced investigators looking to refine their skills in digital intelligence.
✅ Supervisors overseeing Locate teams who require strategic input on digital methodologies.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1-Day Essentials Course

A concise introduction to digital investigation techniques for time-sensitive missing person cases.

• Understand the fundamentals of communications data, OSINT, and digital forensics.
• Recognise key digital footprints that can assist in locating individuals.
• Identify quick-win techniques to leverage open-source and device data effectively.

3-Day Investigator Course

A deeper dive into digital investigation strategies, practical application, and case-based scenarios.

• Develop structured methodologies for analysing digital footprints.
• Interpret communications data to determine movement patterns and last-known locations.
• Apply OSINT techniques to uncover key intelligence on persons of interest.
• Use mobile forensics to extract and analyse relevant digital evidence.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies and digital specialists.

5-Day Advanced Investigator Course

An intensive, hands-on training experience for law enforcement professionals seeking expert-level digital investigative skills.

• Conduct in-depth analysis of telecoms data, including cell site and geolocation intelligence.
• Master advanced OSINT techniques, including social media exploitation and dark web analysis.
• Apply digital forensics methodologies to recover evidence from mobile devices, cloud storage, and computers.
• Understand how digital evidence can be used in legal proceedings and case building.
• Explore real-world case studies and undertake live scenario-based investigations.

Supervisor Input – Strategic Digital Investigation for Missing Persons

A dedicated input for supervisors managing Locate teams, ensuring effective oversight of digital investigative strategies.

• Understand the role of digital intelligence in missing person operations.
• Enhance decision-making through intelligence-led tasking.
• Develop best practices for directing investigators in digital data acquisition.
• Improve coordination with external agencies and digital specialists.
• Identify common pitfalls and challenges in digital investigations.

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (1 day - CPD Accredited)
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ONLY
Our MOSOVO Awareness training is aimed at Law Enforcement and is only for those who monitor and investigate members of society who are perceived to present a serious and credible threat to the general public.

This 1-day training provides an awareness of the skills and required digital knowledge when managing violent and sexual offenders.

This training develops existing skills focused on specific types of offenders.

 
This training is CPD Accredited

Accredited CPD training means the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. The learning value has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality. The CPD Certification Service provides recognised independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD requirements.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the ways in which a subject may hide their digital activities from their police management officer.
• Understand what can be achieved by examining a home router.
• Understand what can be achieved by using a Wi-Fi ‘sniffing’ program (non-intercept).
• Recognise popular apps designed to hide online activity.
• Recognise current trends in the distribution of IIOC.
• Gain an awareness of the risks to management officers visiting subject premises.
• Understand the three easy ways to spot an SHPO breach: recently used sites, deleted applications, and missing USB devices.

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (5 days - CPD Accredited)
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ONLY
Our MOSOVO training is aimed at Law Enforcement and is only for those who monitor and investigate members of society who are perceived to present a serious and credible threat to the general public.

This 5-day training provides a range of necessary skills and specialist knowledge in the digital environment to identify the relevant opportunities, whilst also weighing up the risks and safeguarding issues.

This training develops existing skills focused on specific types of offenders. 

 
This training is CPD Accredited

Accredited CPD training means the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. The learning value has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality. The CPD Certification Service provides recognised independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD requirements.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the ways in which a subject may hide their digital activities from their police management officer.
• Understand what can be achieved by examining a home router.
• Understand what can be achieved by using a Wi-Fi ‘sniffing’ program (non-intercept).
• Recognise popular apps designed to hide online activity.
• Recognise current trends in the distribution of IIOC.
• Gain an awareness of the risks to management officers visiting subject premises.
• Understand the three easy ways to spot an SHPO breach: recently used sites, deleted applications, and missing USB devices.
• Learn a full home Wi-Fi router examination to identify undeclared devices.
• Acquire further intel from routers, concerning filesharing applications.
• Use the command line on Windows machines to identify potential SHPO breaches.
• Use triage tools to identify a breach (pre-device seizure only).
• Learn the Internet of Things device recognition.
• Use app-based Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to identify social media profiles and potential victims.
• Become familiar with the dark web.
• Assess the subject’s use of social media platforms using OSINT tools and techniques.
• Understand the legislation concerning the use of such techniques.
• Recognise how to use covert OSINT techniques safely, including tradecraft for the creation and maintenance of a false persona.
• Understand the investigative opportunities linking a subject’s internet use with IP and communications data.

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (4 days - City & Guilds Assured)
This Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) 4–day training is aimed at investigators in all roles who have a need to search for, identify, acquire, and evidence data that exists on the public internet.

This training is City & Guilds Assured

This learning activity has been recognised and assured by City & Guilds, global leaders in learning excellence and quality.  The Assured Benchmark is the training quality standard that City & Guilds has developed with industry experts and is made up of five core components (and optional where applicable). They also recognise both face-to-face and digital learning, assessed or non-assessed training – and training in local languages.

 20 - 24 October 2025
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LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Explain the structure of the Internet, and be able to investigate domains and services
• Acquire data in an evidentially robust manner
• Identify evidence and intelligence across a variety of social networks
• Identify other sources of publicly available data about individuals and other entities
• Use mobile apps to add additional depth to research
• Investigate evidence from the dark web and trace cryptocurrency transactions
• Use freely available tools to investigate the integrity and origin of digital images
• Identify ways in which poor configuration of services can be exploited to acquire hidden data

INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (1 day)
The Professional Investigation Skills training is for those working in any investigative role, whether the ultimate outcome of an investigation is a criminal trial, a civil court hearing, a tribunal, inquest, or any other internal or external process.  

Experienced former police detectives teach delegates the most effective and evidentially-sound ways to interview witnesses and suspects, take written statements, seize and handle exhibits, prepare case files and documentation, devise and document investigation plans that will stand scrutiny, and present any such evidence to the highest standard required in any court or hearing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Be able to identify opportunities arising from an investigation
• Handle and seize exhibits in a robust fashion and maintain their integrity
• Show competence in taking written statements from witnesses
• Demonstrate an understanding of the processes around interviewing witnesses and suspects
• Demonstrate effectiveness with the use of questioning formats
• Understand obligations for case and file preparation
• Understand the principles of disclosure and audit records