School Safety and Social Networking Sites – A DVD
MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Others
Sgt. Corey MacDonald,
Esq. is the prosecuting attorney for the Portsmouth, NH,
Police Department, and is a member of the New Hampshire and
Massachusetts Bar. He is a Drug Recognition expert, and is
recognized as the most knowledgeable law enforcement person
in the country on MySpace.com. He spent a year on
MySpace.com as a school resource officer and has lectured
before school and law enforcement groups throughout the
country. In this DVD, Sgt. MacDonald details how to use
MySpace.com and other popular social networking sites as an
investigative tool. You will learn:
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1. Getting Started
a) MySpace
– the premier online social networking site.
b) Who can
be an online investigator?
2. Using MySpace for Investigative Purposes
a) Detect
evidence of past/present crimes.
b) Identify
at-risk youth; monitor social behavior.
c) Conduct
counter intelligence.
d) Monitor
gang and hate group recruiting.
e) Monitor
your own children’s activity.
f)
Proactively police pedophiles.
3. Why are Youth Drawn to MySpace?
a) A false
perception of anonymity
b) Chance
to portray an image
c) Little
to no supervision
4. Dangers
a) On-line
predators
b) False
sites: pornography/identity theft
c) Gang and
hate group recruitment
5. Establish an Open or Closed Site
a) Open
site considerations
i. Tool to
attract information; identifies who you are.
ii.
Mandatory reporter considerations
iii.
Department/school permission
iv. Proper
security features/documentation
b) Closed
site considerations
i.
Undercover site; may violate MySpace’s TOS.
ii.
Requires supervisor’s cooperation; two sets of eyes; one person to run
the site/one to monitor.
6. Investigations
a) Tracking
conversations
b)
Saving/printing comments and pictures
c) How
active is site?
d) Link to
commercial site; pornography, web cams.
e) Multiple
pages – one user may have multiple pages.
7. Seizing Information
a) 4th
Amendment protects MySpace privacy.
b)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act governs ability to disclose
information. Requires government process to release information, to
include subpoenas, court orders, search warrants.
8. Time Guidelines for Obtaining Information
a) Time
guidelines for retrieving: basic user identity information, stored
files, general info; IP address logs; private user communications;
private sent messages; private messages in trash; deleted accounts.
9. How Long Will MySpace Preserve Records?
10. How to Build a Closed Site
11. Gang Recruitment
12. Emergency Disclosures
a) What
information can MySpace disclose to a fed/state/local government entity?
b) When is
emergency disclosure warranted?
13. Introducing MySpace Evidence
a)
Admissions; what may be used in court to show guilt.
b)
Foundation; who found the evidence, what training did they have, who
saved/printed page (chain of custody).
14. MySpace Resources
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