Investigation Tools & Digital Techniques in Investigation - Victor Gomez Staff Investigator Federal Public Defender - CDCA March 12, 2020
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Investigation Tools & Digital
Techniques in Investigation
Victor Gomez
Staff Investigator
Federal Public Defender - CDCA
March 12, 2020
Outlook • Web Layers • Bonus Sites • Google Search • Public Records • Google Maps & Earth – State Public Records • Historical Weather, – FOIA Sun & Moon • Paid Databases • Social Media • Police Related Sites
Web Layers
Surface Web Search
• google.com - settings
– Turn off Safe Search
– Change from 10 results
per page to 100
– Do not use Private
Results
– Open selected results in
new browser window
Surface Web Search
• google.com – refining
– (term[s]) site:dea.gov
– (term[s]) related:time.com
– (term[s]) filetype:pdf
– More Operators
• https://ahrefs.com/blog/googl
e-advanced-search-operators/
– Advanced Search
– Search Tools & Image Search
Deep Web Search
• duckduckgo.com
– Surface & Deep
– No tracking
• biznar.com &
mednar.com
• base-search.net
– Bielefeld Academic
Search Engine (BASE)
• wolframalpha.com
Deep Web Search
• archive.org/web
– Internet Archive (AKA Wayback
Machine)
– Web Archive
• Provides history of over 478 billion pages
on Internet
• Does not include social media sites
Deep Web Search
• usa.gov
– Search engine for federal
& local agency websites
• www.govinfo.gov
• US Govt. Publishing
Office
• data.gov
– Search data sets
generated by feds &
local governments
Deep Web Search
• archives.gov
– US Nat’l Archives &
Records Admin
Dark Web (AKA Dark Net)
• There are between 7K & 30K
sites on dark web
• Accessed via Torproject.org (The
Onion Router) & VPN such as
cyberghostvpn.com –
anonymous comm.
• The Hidden Wiki
http://zqktlwi4fecvo6ri.onion/wi
ki/index.php/Main_Page - dark
web directory
• not Evil hss3uro2hsxfogfq.onion
– search engine for accessing
info on dark webHistorical Weather Reports
• ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-
web/search
– Past weather info
– Court admissible
• wunderground.com
– Easy to useHistorical Sun/Moon Set/Rise
• aa.usno.navy.mil/data/do
cs/RS_OneDay.php
– Naval Observatory
– Generally accepted by
courts
• timeanddate.com
– Easy to use
– Twilight
• Civil
• Nautical
• AstronomicalMaps
• googlemaps.com
– No Imagery Dates
– Measuring Distance
– Search Nearby
– 2D v 3D
– California Gang MapsMaps
• googlemaps.com
– Street View
• Imagery Dates
• Back in Time
• Interior ViewMaps
• googlemaps.com
– Location Timeline
• Includes Google PhotosMaps
• google.com/earth
– Chrome v Software
– Historical Imagery
– Measuring Distance
– Create Diagrams & MapsPublic Records Databases
• accurint.com
– Real Time Phones
– People at Work
– Virtual Identity Search
– Email Search
– People in the NewsPublic Records Databases
• advance.lexis.com/
– Criminal, Civil, Bankruptcy &
Tax & Military Court info
– Briefs Pleading & Motions
– Expert Witness Materials
– Legal NewsPublic Records Databases
• clear.thomsonreuters.com
– Business Reports
– Web AnalyticsPublic Records Databases
• TLO - tloxp.tlo.comSocial Media
• facebook.com
– Joe Johnson Bend Oregon
– Messages, Calls, Video Chat
– People You May KnowSocial Media
• twitter.com
– Tweets, Replies,
Retweets, & Hashtags
– Media - Photos & Video
– Following/Followers
– Advanced Search w/
Location & Date RangeSocial Media
Social Media
• instagram.com
– Posts
– Likes , Comments,
Replies, & #Hashtags
– Following/FollowersSocial Media
• instagram.com
– US v Peter Soto
• Resilient RecoverySocial Media
• linkedin.com
– Filter Search
– Anonymous ViewingSocial Media
• youtube.com
• pinterest.com
• tumblr.comSocial Media for Millennials
• Snapchat
• Whats App
• Kik
• WeChat
• Viber
• Venmo
• TikTokBasic Web Capture Tools
• techsmith.com/snagit
• Google Chrome Plug-In
– Full Page Screen CaptureAdvanced Web Capture Tools
• X1 Social Discovery Tool
– Captures metadata and
md5 hash values
– $2,000 price tag
• Tomoko Discovery
– Enterprise online
evidence authentication
platform
– Starting at $29Video Editors & Downloaders
• techsmith.com/video-
editor.html
• real.com
– With video trimming feature
• fbdown.net
– Simply copy & paste url of
any Facebook video into
websitePolice Blotters & Arrest Logs
• crimemapping.com
– National police arrest
information with case
numbers
• Local police & sheriff
department websites
– Blotters/ Service Calls/ P&P
– Arrest Logs/Reports AKA
Daily (Booking) ReportsMugshots
• arrests.org
– Over 4M mugshots
excluding owner’s
• bailbnondcity.com
• Google Image Search
– Search for “full name” +
mugshotBonus Sites
• ancestry.com (paid site)
– People & record finder
• vinelink.com
– National inmate locator
• epa.gov
– Pollution & contaminant infoBonus Sites
• gethuman.com
• medscape.com & drugs.com
– Presentation hx & complications
– Info on illegal & prescription drugs
& effects
• nationalgangcetner.govSchools of Journalism
• multimedia.journalism.berkel
ey.edu
– Learn everything you need to
know about (California public)
records
• In California, state court
probation reports are public
records for 60 days after
judgment/sentencing, prior to
being designated confidential
– Probation reports become
public again for 60 days after
subsequent accusatory
pleading is filed (PC 1203.05).State Public/Open Records Acts
• nfoic.org
– 50 state public records acts &
request templates
• firstamendmentcoalition.org
– California Public Records Act
infoState Public/Open Records Acts
• CPRA § 6253.1 (a) states
public agencies must
– Assist in identifying records
responsive to request or its
purpose
– Describe info tech & physical
location in which records exist
– Provide suggestions for
overcoming basis for denial of
accessState Public/Open Records Acts
• CPRA § 6254 (b) (1) states law enforcement agencies must
provide following on every individual arrested by agency
– The full name & occupation
– Physical description including date of birth
– Time & date of arrest & booking
– Location of arrest & factual circumstances of arrest
– Arrest, amount of bail set, time & manner of release or location
where individual is being held
– All charges the individual is being held upon, including
outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions & parole or
probation holds.
– All subject to PC 841.5 of courseState Public/Open Records Acts
• CPRA § 6253.1 (f) (3) states law enforcement agencies
must provide following on every individual arrested by
agency
– Current address of every arrestee & victim if the requestor
declares under penalty of perjury that the request is made for
investigation purposes by a private investigator
– Also subject to 841.5State Public/Open Records Acts
• Penal Code 841.5 states law enforcement agencies must provide
following on every individual arrested by agency
– (a) No law enforcement agency officer/employee shall disclose to any
arrested person, or to any person who may be a defendant in a
criminal action, the address or telephone number of any person who is
a victim or witness in the alleged offense.
– (b) Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of a
defendant to obtain information necessary for the preparation of his or
her defense through the discovery process.
– (c) Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of an
attorney to obtain the address or telephone number of any person
who is a victim of, or a witness to, an alleged offense where a client of
that attorney has been arrested for, or may be a defendant in, a criminal
action related to the alleged offense.Freedom of Information Act
• foia.gov
– Learn about FOIA & where to
submit them
• foiaonline.gov
– Request & track CBP, EPA, &
NARA & Navy FOIAs
• ifoia.org
– Reporter’s Committee for Free
Press project which allows
users to create, send, maintain
& share FOIA requestsAmerican Civil Liberties Unions
• aclu.org
• aclu.socal.org
– Search for, public records
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CPRA exampleVictor Gomez
FPD Staff Investigator - CAC
(714) 338-4507 office
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