State Government

As a member of IPAC, NW3C will send two staff, Jeff Lybarger and Glen Gainer, to attend the IPAC Meeting. They will engage in discussions on helping to ensure that training and standards meet the needs of the Public Safety industry, promoting the adoption of best practices, and providing IADLEST with perspectives and recommendations regarding selected IADLEST projects and initiatives.

NW3C will send two staff, Jeff Lybarger and Glen Gainer, to attend the Major County Sheriffs of America Policy Conference in order to gather the latest best practices that can be incorporated into the NW3C educational products.

NW3C will send staff Jeff Lybarger, Glen Gainer, and Michelle Kreps to exhibit at the NSA winter conference and attend sessions throughout the event.

NW3C will send Jim Emerson to lead the Computer Crime and Digital Evidence (CCDE) Committee and attend other IACP committee meetings.

The National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center (ERC) invites you to the 2025 National ERPO Roundtable taking place on January 15th-16th, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, in partnership with the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), established the National ERPO Resource Center (ERC) in 2023. The ERC is a training and technical assistance (TTA) hub designed to support states and localities with the implementation of their ERPO programs to reduce gun violence and save lives.

Training to prevent violence against law enforcement and ensure officer resilience and survivability.

This course is designed specifically for law enforcement officers and investigators, providing the tools and knowledge needed to combat the growing threat of technology-facilitated scams targeting older adults. Participants will learn to identify and investigate various digital fraud tactics, from tech support scams to government imposter fraud, and artificial intelligence schemes. The course covers the latest technology and platforms used by criminals, as well as effective techniques for tracing, reporting, and prosecuting these crimes while approaching victims with care.

This intermediate spreadsheeting course uses Microsoft Excel to assess and organize data in an electronic format. The class is designed for learners who have experience using Excel and who want to increase their spreadsheeting knowledge and skills. Topics include text functions, absolute referencing, date and time functions, flash fill, handling formula errors, VLOOKUP, dynamic arrays, and data validation. The course combines live demonstrations, instructor-led exercises, and independent student exercises.

This course covers basic intelligence writing and briefing principles as well as methods for effective and clear intelligence sharing. Topics covered include creative and critical thinking, critical reading skills, source evaluation, privacy and civil rights, intelligence writing style and structure, and generating and presenting intelligence briefings. With guidance from experienced experts, students gain hands-on experience by working through data sets based on real cases to produce intelligence products.

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to perform a limited digital forensic examination, validate hardware and software tools, and effectively use digital forensic suites and specialized tools. The course begins with a detailed study of the digital forensic examination process, including documentation, case management, evidence handling, validation, and virtualization. Students learn to use todays leading commercial and open source digital forensic suites: Magnet Axiom, X-ways Forensic, and Autopsy.