Cyber Sleuths: Creating the High-Tech Investigative Unit

Each year a growing numbers of crimes have technological overtones-whether using computers or some other form of technology. Handheld devices like the Blackberry and services such as text messaging require us to redefine the term computer crime to include a much larger number of crimes.

As the use of technology to commit crimes continues to rise, each agency will eventually reach the point at which it must decide if the time is right to create a dedicated high-tech crime unit. Whether your goal is to create a full-time unit, or designate individual investigators in another investigative area to respond as needed, prior planning and preparation are indispensable to success.

In many ways, the process of creating a high-tech i...

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