Search Warrants

Restricted to Law Enforcement Only

2 Day Class

Registration Fee: $275 Per Person

Date : No Dates Scheduled

Search warrants are a key component to criminal investigations. Being able to obtain and execute a well written search warrant that will stand up to defense scrutiny is crucial. With technology constantly evolving, search warrants for electronic devices and data are also constantly changing. This course is designed to give the best practices in search warrant writing and gives a strong focus on search warrants for electronic devices, cellular data, and social media accounts. A class project will be given at the end of the first day for students to work through and bring back on day two of the class. This class is beneficial to both new and experienced criminal investigators. At the end of this class, students will have a good working knowledge of the search warrant writing process, legal considerations, and special circumstances surrounding search warrants. Students will be provided with go-by and examples of search warrants, forms, and other helpful documents they can keep for use in future investigations.

Topics include:

• Evidentiary Search Warrants for residences/businesses/records
• Electronic Device Search Warrants
• Cellular Records with Tower Data (cellphone mapping) warrants
• Google warrants
• Social Media warrants
• BERLA warrants
• Tracker Orders
• DNA warrants
• Narcotics Search Warrants
• Special clauses and considerations
• Probable Cause
• Start to finish of the warrant writing process