This one-hour training provides law enforcement command staff and other leaders with an overview of key investigative, supervisory, and policy considerations in cyber crime and digital evidence cases involving CSAM, child sex offenses, and other sensitive digital content. The course emphasizes the importance of agency policy, proper report writing, juvenile privacy considerations, legally sufficient search warrant language, and the preservation of digital evidence.

Attendees will discuss how body-worn camera policies should address the handling of suspected or actual CSAM or indecent images, including the need to avoid unnecessary recording, duplication, or exposure of sensitive material. The training also covers the importance of accurate, complete, and timely reports in cases involving digital evidence and child sex offenses, including documenting who, what, where, when, and how the offense occurred. The presentation specifically includes report-writing considerations for child sex crimes and digital evidence collection.

The course further addresses the unique privacy issues involved when juveniles use digital devices, including the need to understand consent limitations and when search warrants may be appropriate. The training also reviews the need for properly tailored search warrant language for online data, residential searches, and phones seized from suspects, victims, or persons in custody.

Finally, the course includes practical considerations for securing digital evidence, preserving data, preventing remote access or alteration, and assisting investigators in obtaining forensic acquisition of devices.