Midwest Forensic Consultants
Training Sessions
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Artificial Intelligence in Law Enforcement
(8 hours - 1 Day)
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how law enforcement agencies investigate crime and manage evidence. This seminar provides investigators, supervisors, and command staff with a practical overview of AI applications in modern policing. Students will be introduced to AI-assisted video analytics, facial recognition, license plate recognition, and AI's emerging role in digital evidence analysis. The course also addresses bias, evidentiary admissibility, and policy considerations — giving attendees the knowledge to responsibly evaluate and adopt AI tools within their agencies.
Forensic Video Recovery for Investigators
( 24 hours - 3 - Day)
This is the most comprehensive forensic video course. Students will receive hands-on, scenario-based training, using industry best practices. Students learn basic concepts of forensic video analysis to enable file playback. Students will conduct exercises extracting files from actual DVR systems of different types to gain an understanding of the challenges and finally, Students will learn how to make video narratives out of the extracted data to aid in suspect identification.
Video Narratives for Suspect Identification
(8 hours - 1 Day)
Once forensic practitioners have completed the sometimes troublesome tasks of video evidence recovery and footage playback, how do we get our suspect identified? How many people actually view footage of the incident instead of some still images? Students will gain the skills to create condensed videos for a variety of agency needs, from a variety of sources (Crime scene, Online, BWC) Videos for suspect identification, force review, agency transparency, intelligence purposes, and more, will be covered.
Digital Evidence Policy – Providing an operational framework to limit concerns. (8hours - 1 Day)
With the increasing prevalence of technology in our daily lives and as a byproduct, Tech’s involvement in criminal investigations, agencies around the world must provide guidance to its members on best practices on the collection, processing, and storage of digital evidence. Many types of digital evidence need special considerations during this process. Students will learn how to compose a framework, specific to their agency's needs.
Introduction to Digital Forensic Investigations (8 hours - 1 Day)
This seminar provides a digital evidence overview to law enforcement, providing foundational concepts and information regarding emerging trends. Students will be exposed to methods to gain insight into digital evidence. Video forensics, video analytics, mobile device forensics, call detail records analysis, as well as basic open-source intelligence methods will be covered.
Introduction to Mobile Device Forensic Investigations (8hrs - 1 day)
This seminar provides a mobile device investigations overview to investigators, providing foundational concepts and information regarding emerging trends. Students will be exposed to methods to gain insight mobile device forensics, call detail records analysis, as well as basic open source intelligence methods will be covered
Introduction to Video Surveillance Evidence (8hrs - 1 day)
This seminar provides a video surveillance concepts overview to investigators, providing foundational information regarding challenges in processing CCTV evidence. Students will be exposed to methods to gain insight on this important digital evidence. Video evidence is recovered in over 80% of criminal cases.
All Midwest Forensic Consultants courses are developed by a certified Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board instructor with approved expertise across more than 35 subject areas — from fundamentals of investigation to digital evidence and crime scene identification. Our lead instructor holds advanced certifications from the Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA), Cellebrite, and the FBI, with hundreds of hours of specialized forensic training at the federal, state, and vendor levels. Every course reflects real-world experience developed over three decades of active law enforcement service, including designing and delivering the entire digital evidence curriculum for the Chicago Police Department's detective division.
Our Instructors have professional experience, training, and consulting:
New York City Police Department / Chicago Police Department / Toronto, Canada Police Department / Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department / Mesa, Arizona Police Department / Atlantic City, New Jersey Police Department / Saint Louis County Sheriff's Police Department / Indianapolis Police Department / Pueblo Colorado Police Department / Fort Collins Colorado Police Department / Duluth, Georgia Police Department / Louisville Kentucky, Police Department / Brown University Public Safety / University of Georgia Public Safety / University of Connecticut Public Safety / Wake Forest University Public Safety /