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Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement

Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement. Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement . Chad Bendele San Antonio Police Department DWI Task Force, Drug Recognition Expert Certified YHB Specialist chad.bendele@sanantonio.gov 210-207-7410. Lesson Objectives.

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Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement

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  1. Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement

  2. Electronic Surveillance in Law Enforcement Chad Bendele San Antonio Police Department DWI Task Force, Drug Recognition Expert Certified YHB Specialist chad.bendele@sanantonio.gov 210-207-7410

  3. Lesson Objectives Participants will be able to identify the following types of electronic surveillance tools to assist Law Enforcement Agencies gather intelligence or evidence. • Video cameras • Telephones (smartphones) • Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

  4. Learning Objective cont... • Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994(CALEA)

  5. Electronic Surveillance Defined-Observing or listening to persons, places or activities in a secretive or unobtrusive manner with the aid of electronic devices such as cameras, microphones, tape recorders or wiretaps. The objective of electronic surveillance when used in law enforcement is to gather evidence of a crime or to accumulate intelligence about suspected criminal activity (thefreedictionary.com)

  6. Video Camera Surveillance • Video systems are used in public places, residences, businesses, corporate offices as well as many other uses • Retrievable data for the use of law enforcement to view a crime that occurred or to gather evidence of a person of interest

  7. Video Cameras Cont... • Aerial surveillance using stationary cameras such as Trans Guide system in San Antonio or military/civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's)

  8. Telephone Surveillance • Through lawful means, Law Enforcement can utilize the data stored by communications companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to obtain call records • Real time wire tapping can be utilize through remote access of the SMART phones • Mobile phone are commonly used to collect location data

  9. Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

  10. Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

  11. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) • What is GPS • GPS- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.The system provides critical capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS Receiver

  12. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) • GPS in law enforcement by monitoring the a person who may be on supervised release, probation with certain conditions or repeat offenders • Law enforcement have used tracking devices on vehicles to monitor movements of persons of interest • Smartphones embedded with GPS is used by law enforcement to monitor movements

  13. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994(CALEA) • CALEA is a US wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton (Pub L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat 4279 at 47 USC 1001-1010) • The purpose of CALEA was to enhance the ability of law enforcement to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers modify their designs to have built-in surveillance capabilities. (FCC.GOV)

  14. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994(CALEA) • Since CALEA had originally passed, the act had been expanded to include all VoIP and broadband internet traffic. From the years 2004 to 2007 there was a 62% growth in the number of wiretaps performed under CALEA – and more than 3,000% growth in the interception of internet data such as email. (Singel, Ryan (29 August 2008). "Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates)

  15. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994(CALEA) • According to an article from the EFF- Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy rights group stated that in May 2013, the New York Times revealed that the White House was “on the verge” of backing the proposal to force companies to engineer products with secret backdoors and decrypt all encrypted messages. If the companies did not cooperate, they could get fined.

  16. Assessment/Evaluation • What are the three types of electronic surveillance tools available to law enforcement? • GPS is the acronym for? • Is CALEA legislation intrusive? • You should NOT follow department policy when gathering video footage from a crime scene? True or False

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