NCTP trains participants in the unique skills and methodologies necessary to assist in the investigation and prosecution of computer crime. The basic course includes hands-on instruction and discussion about general topics related to computers, such as evidence identification and extraction, hardware and software needed to do a computer seizure, how to recover erased files, how to overcome encryption, and more. Topical areas include advanced imaging, Internet issues, testimony considerations, and transient data. Both classes, combining lecture with extensive hands-on teaching, are presented by expert instructors with many years of law enforcement, forensic, and systems experience. There is no fee for either course.
Courses are open only to law enforcement personnel.
NCTP hopes to debut two new trainings at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference this month. The first is an awareness program for managers. Others aren't even aware of it. The other training will focus on how the Internet can be used as an investigative tool. NCTP trains about 1,600 people a year and to date has trained 5,000 people.