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COMPUTER FORENSICS ANNUAL REPORT <br />Presented by Officer Mark Mosby <br />This was the first full year of computer forensics investigations at the St. <br />Anthony Police Department. Our department applied for, and was awarded, <br />a very lucrative grant that covered hardware, software, and training in the <br />computer forensics field. In November of 2006, I (Officer Mosby) attended <br />that training in San Antonio, Texas and within days of my return, the <br />hardware and software package had arrived back at the St. Anthony Police <br />Department. <br />With a desire to get started in the field immediately, our department joined <br />the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force (I.C.A.C.). There are very <br />few computer forensics practitioners in the State of Minnesota, but the <br />number of computer based child pornography cases continues to rise. I <br />received my first case almost immediately from the U.S. Immigration and <br />Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) via the MSP Airport Police. That case was <br />completed in January of 2007 and since then, I have taken on and completed <br />eight cases from seven different agencies. Those agencies range from the <br />very small (Madison, MN Police) to one of the largest in the state, the St. <br />Paul Police Department. I have been able to assist some of our bordering <br />agencies as well. Both New Brighton PD and Roseville PD have referred <br />cases to me. Eight of the nine cases were child pornography cases and the <br />one remaining one was a narcotics case. <br />I was one of small group of people selected to attend I.C.A.C.'s national <br />convention in San Jose, CA in October. Commander Neil Nelson, who <br />oversees this region's I.C.A.C. chapter, awarded these trips based on amount <br />of cases handled. <br />During one of my local training conferences, I <br />had the pleasure of meeting an investigator from <br />the Central Bureau of Investigation of India. -_ <br />India's CBI is roughly the equivalent of our FBI. <br />Shatrujeet Kapoor was very interested in computer <br />forensics and wanted to observe my activities s <br />while he was in the United States. He was n <br />studying an unrelated subject at the University <br />under a Humphrey Fellowship. Shatrujeet toured our department and I <br />showed him our computer forensics operation. He returned to India in June. <br />Officer Mosby & Investigator Kapoor <br />0 <br />