Cadets of the 2nd and 3rd years of the faculty of training specialists for units of criminal police of the National Police of Ukraine took part in the events.
The class on the topic “Use of social networks and OSINT in criminal analysis: from theory to practice” was conducted by the senior inspector of the department of analytical work of the criminal analysis department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region, police major Yevhenii Samoilenko.
The event took place within the framework of the cycle of practical classes conducted by employees of the criminal analysis departments of the Main Directorates of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk regions.
Together with the invited speaker, the 3rd-year cadets familiarized themselves with the concepts of open digital traces as a source of evidence, the possibilities of using social networks in criminal analysis, considered the possibilities of applying Google Dorking search operators, and also learned about the use of cartographic services in conducting OSINT.
In addition, an optional class concerning the elements of analytical activity was conducted for the 2nd-year cadets. The associate professor of the department of operational-search activity of DSUIA, police major Andrii Kyselov familiarized the applicants with the classification of the main elements of analytical activity in the law enforcement sphere, in particular operational, tactical and strategic analysis, as well as with risk analysis.
Special attention was paid to practically significant directions of analytical work: link analysis, event analysis and telephone call analysis as tools for documenting and solving criminal offenses.
Such classes contribute to the formation in future operational employees of systemic analytical thinking, the deepening of theoretical knowledge in criminal analysis and the development of practical skills necessary for effective activity in units of the criminal police of the National Police of Ukraine.
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