Harnessing Digital Evidence to Finding Missing and Abducted Children
Webinar (Upcoming)

Harnessing Digital Evidence to Finding Missing and Abducted Children

June 4, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Law enforcement professionals, join us to learn how to leverage digital evidence to locate missing children—whether lost, abducted, or runaway. Participants will learn how to analyze social media activity, mobile data, GPS records, online communications, and other digital traces to uncover leads, identify persons of interest, and accelerate recovery efforts. The course covers basic forensic tools, legal and ethical considerations, real-world case studies, and collaboration strategies with technology providers. Through expert instruction and hands-on exercises, officers will develop essential investigative techniques to navigate the digital landscape and bring missing children home.

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What's In It For You

Upon completion of this webinar, you will be able to: * Identify and analyze digital data to include online activity, GPS data and phone records to locate missing children * Apply basic digital forensic processes to collect and preserve evidence * Work with tech providers, social media platforms, other businesses and other agencies to enhance recovery efforts

Is This Training For You?

* Law Enforcement * Law Enforcement Support * Prosecutors

Instructors
- Blaine Phillips
Blaine Phillips   Special Agent, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) | Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce.

Blaine Phillips has served in law enforcement for 24 years. He started his career in the year 2000 at the Stillwater (OK) Police Department, where he worked as a detention officer for three years. He then worked as a patrol officer for six years at the Estes Park (CO) Police Department. He was later hired as an agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN), where he worked from 2011 through 2022. Blaine spent three years working narcotics cases and five years working human trafficking cases before being promoted to an Agent in Charge and tasked with supervising a narcotics unit. In 2022 Blaine left OBN to take a position as a Special Agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce.

Blaine Phillips   Special Agent, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) | Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce.

Blaine Phillips has served in law enforcement for 24 years. He started his career in the year 2000 at the Stillwater (OK) Police Department, where he worked as a detention officer for three years. He then worked as a patrol officer for six years at the Estes Park (CO) Police Department. He was later hired as an agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN), where he worked from 2011 through 2022. Blaine spent three years working narcotics cases and five years working human trafficking cases before being promoted to an Agent in Charge and tasked with supervising a narcotics unit. In 2022 Blaine left OBN to take a position as a Special Agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce.

Contact Information

Jeanette Leitner
(877) 798-7682
jeanette.leitner1969@fvtc.edu
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