Satellite Broadcast  Expanded Description

Drug Enforcement at the Crossroads of America

“Computers & The Drug Trade”

Thursday 26 April 2007
1:00 - 2:00 p.m., ET

A FLETC/MCTFT Broadcast

Available on C Band Analog & 
GETN Digital Warrior Satellite Networks

a.  Sponsors:  This program is sponsored by the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) and the Florida National Guard, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), with the extended technical support of the Satellite Education Network Ft. Lee, VA. 

b.  Availability:  This free, public domain, previously recorded broadcast will be available on both C-Band Analog satellite downlinks and the GETN /Military/Federal Warrior digital CDV satellite networks.  There is No KU Analog or KU Digital satellite coverage available for this program.  Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider.  (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Echostar systems.) 

 Will this program be Video streamed?  Yes, it is expected that this program will be available as both a live and achieved webcast for all registered sites.  Details in final coordination message for all registered sites.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  The primary target audience will be any law enforcement officer or official at the federal, state or local levels.  This broadcast is not limited to any specific audience and it is encouraged that anyone who works within the law enforcement arena be encouraged to view this telecast.  This program is suitable for general Public Access Distribution.

d.  Program Summary & Objectives:  What did we do before computers?  How did we communicate?  Pay our bills?  Look at vacation photos?  Drug dealers are using technology to do those things and more.  Computers and related equipment can provide all sorts of information that can help you make your case, if you know what you're looking for and how to process it.

During this hour-long broadcast, instructors from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's (FLETC) Computer and Financial Investigations Division and computer forensics investigators will demystify digital evidence by showing you how drug dealers and users utilize computers.  Learn the best ways to get a search warrant, the basics of what to do and what NOT to do at a scene, and how pre-planning can make your investigation a whole lot easier.

Learning Objectives:

-          Learn what verbiage to use in a search warrant

-          See what to do and what not to do at a scene

-          Discover what evidence you should take with you and how to safely remove it from the scene

e.  Program Panelists:

Ed Hewitt, Retired Detective, Vancouver, WA Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit for White Collar Crimes, owner of Financial SafeGuards, LLC. - During his 31 years of combined law enforcement and private sector business management & investigative experience, Hewitt has successfully spearheaded numerous large and complicated investigations into cases involving organized crime, identity theft, insurance & investment fraud, internet fraud, and corporate and non-profit embezzlement.  He is considered an expert about identity theft and internet crime.  Hewitt holds a BS Degree from Washington State University in Police Science and Administration and retired from police work in July 2005 to start his own consulting, investigations and training company, headquartered in Eagle, ID, known as Financial SafeGuards, LLC.

Robert 'Doc' Gardner, PhD, Lakeland Police Department - Dr. Gardner is currently serving in the Investigative Services Division, Special Investigations Section of the Lakeland Police Department in Florida.  Dr. Gardner has been in law enforcement since 1986 and is currently in command of the Criminal Intelligence Unit, which includes basic intelligence functions, investigations of computer and digital media crimes, anti-terrorism, homeland security, gang interdiction and suppression, and surveillance/counter surveillance operations.  Dr. Gardner is a Certified Computer Forensics Examiner by the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS).  His prior investigative assignments as a detective have included criminal intelligence, narcotics, and vice operations.  Dr. Gardner is a former Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation where he was assigned as a criminal investigator.  Dr. Gardner earned his PhD in criminology from Virginia Tech.  He has been teaching in this field for 22 years and has served on the criminal justice and criminology faculty at several universities and colleges.  In addition to his academic credentials, he is certified by the State of Florida Criminal Justice and Standards Training Commission as a police instructor, firearms instructor, defensive tactics instructor, and police/emergency vehicle driving instructor.  He has assisted with in-service training for his agency and has served as an instructor for the regional criminal justice academy.

Matthew Shoaf, Program Coordinator and Senior Instructor of the Internet Investigations Training Program and the Cyber Counterterrorism Investigations Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) - Prior to arriving at FLETC, Shoaf previously served as a national trainer and Computer Crimes Specialist for the National White Collar Crime Center and has served in state and local law enforcement and the military for the past 22 years.  He has worked as a patrol officer, training officer, supervisor and as a detective assigned to Homicide and Major Crimes.  He served as the Investigations Program Manager for the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team and has presented nationally on domestic violence investigations, stalking and strangulation cases.  Shoaf finished up his sworn law enforcement career as a computer forensic examiner and computer crimes investigator conducting online internet crimes.  He is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and has assisted in training numerous members of this organization. Shoaf served as a Truth Verification Examiner utilizing voice stress analysis and has conducted numerous interviews for homicides, assaults, sex offenses and crimes against children.  Shoaf has completed an Associates of Applied Science in Criminal Justice, a Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice, and is finishing up a Masters in Homeland Security.  Matthew is married to his wife of ten years, and lives in the beautiful Golden Isles of Brunswick, GA. with their seven year old daughter, three dogs, two cats and one gerbil.  

f.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: There are No CEUs, CMEs available for this program.

g.  Videotape Availability:  For DVD or VHS copies of the current or many past broadcasts, follow the link to: MCTFT Videos and DVDs.  

 Broadcasts copies will be available for order a few days after the air date.

h.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  The tape in its entirety nor any parts of it may not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.  Cable Access stations may rebroadcast the tape on local networks without further permission. 

i.  Web Site Support and Materials:  None, although other information may available at: http://www.fletc.gov/ and or www.mctft.com. 

j.  Satellite Coordinates and Site Support Materials Packet:  Satellite coordinates are never publicly posted, you must register to receive them.  Satellite coordinates will be sent to all site coordinators and their supporting satellite technicians (if you listed an email address for them) about 5-7 days prior to the broadcast.  If available, site support materials will be available to all registered participants on line.  Details will be sent in the final satellite coordinates message.  If you need assistance in locating a satellite downlink location to view this program, please call Ed Kronholm, our satellite/registrations coordinator, toll free at 1-877-820-0305 or 480-820-0305 or email: dlnets@aol.com.   

k.  Registration:  All new sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C/KU) or illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website.  Sites may register at: MCTFT Registration or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on free broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit.) http://www.dlnets.com/mctft.htm#current