Chasing Cell Phones

This class will explore the methods of exploiting a
suspect’s cellular phone, phone company records, and
third-party data sources records to assist in investigations.
This class will increase law enforcement officers’
awareness and appreciation of the evidence and
intelligence located in a mobile device and provides
students with the tools and training to prepare search
warrants to legally obtain that evidence. Topics may
include:
• Updated search warrant requirements and language
• Obtaining information from social media,

communications, and gaming applications
• GPS location records for Android and Apple devices
• How to deal with slow responses from cellular, social

media, and online providers
• Bypass procedures for locked/password protected
phones
• Locating stolen cell phones and investigating fencing
operations
• Determining a suspect’s new number when he
dropped his old phone number

Instructor: Aaron Edens is an Intelligence Analyst with the
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Gang Intelligence Unit. He
retired as a Police Officer from the Hayward Police
Department where he had been assigned to the Intelligence
Unit. Mr. Edens was previously assigned to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task ForceInternational Terrorism/Middle Eastern Organized Crime
Squad and multiple OCDETF cases. He has been a certified
Forensic Examiner for Cellular Devices since 2005 and has
completed thousands of investigations involving mobile
devices.

Presented by: Northern California HIDTA 





•Location:

Online at zoomgov.com


Date: June 3-4, 2020

Time: 0900-1200 


Registration: Once you have registered
through NCHIDTA, you will receive a
separate email to register on the Zoom platform.

This class will be presented on the Zoom Webinar
Platform and will be presented “live”. Students will
need to download the software to view the
presentation however students will not need to
register for a Zoom account.
• Day 1 will cover Cell Phone Investigations 

• Day 2 will cover Google Location History

Registration: www.NCHIDTAtraining.org
Questions or Comments: cnorris@ncric.ca.gov