Peer-to-Peer Investigator Course
Course details
2024
| Session(s) | Location | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-01 Cancelled | Ottawa | 2024-02-26 | 2024-02-29 |
| 24-02 English | Ottawa | 2024-12-09 | 2024-12-12 |
| Tuition |
|---|
| $3,150.00 |
Notes
- Accommodations are offered to course participants. Our rooms are subject to availability and the request must be indicated on the course registration form
- Meal plans are offered to course participants. The specific meal plan must be indicated on the course registration form
- Travel grant funding is available to our non-federal law enforcement agencies
2025
| Session(s) | Location | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25-01 English | Ottawa | 2025-02-24 | 2025-02-27 |
| 25-02 English | Ottawa | 2025-10-27 | 2025-10-30 |
| Tuition |
|---|
| $3,300.00 |
Notes
- Accommodations are offered to course participants. Our rooms are subject to availability and the request must be indicated on the course registration form
- Meal plans are offered to course participants. The specific meal plan must be indicated on the course registration form
- Travel grant funding is available to our non-federal law enforcement agencies
Description
This course provides Internet child exploitation investigators with the opportunity to further their technical investigative skills. It focuses on file sharing networks to identify prolific child exploitation traders using the Child Protection System (CPS). The course teaches how to utilize CPS investigative tools to build a strong foundation toward writing search warrants based on the P2P principles while being able to provide effective testimony in court.
Format and delivery
- Length of course
- 4 days
- Class size
- maximum 20 participants
- Delivery setting
- computer laboratory
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of P2P networks.
- Understanding how to locate individuals responsible for distributing child exploitation files in a specific geographical area using the CPS.
- Knowledge of the principles of P2P investigations in accordance with legal parameters needed to obtain a search warrant.
- Ability to capture the evidence collected using P2P tools in an electronic format (court brief) recognized by existing Canadian court standards.
- Understanding how to articulate the grounds for belief to be detailed in a search warrant or while providing testimony in court.
Eligibility and mandatory requirements
- This course is offered to individuals currently working in an Internet child exploitation (ICE) unit or equivalent.
- Registrants must be supported by their supervisor to conduct peer-to-peer investigations.
- Registrants must have successfully completed the Digital Technologies for Investigators Course (DTIC).
- Acceptance or refusal in the course is at the discretion of the Canadian Police College.
Assessment
- Success in the course is based on participation and completion of all required assignments.
- Various evaluation methods are used, including three written exams, a final practical assessment and an assessment of a course scenario report.
- Re-testing or re-evaluation is conducted at the discretion of the course instructor.
Contact
For more details or other information about the course, please email cpc_registrar-registraire_ccp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
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