Dakota County Sheriff’s Office Presents A Proposal for a New Strategy for Electronic Crime Investigations In Dakota County

 DCSO has had a ECU since 2003  Staffed by one person until 2010 when we added.5  Could not keep up- Hired Meredith  She was a game changer  Budget request for $35,000  Meet with Chiefs of Police- what are they facing?

ECU Examinations – Trends in Technology

Evolution in Perspective 4 Terabytes 40 Gigabytes

 Increased Technical Aspect to Crimes  Peer to Peer file sharing of Child Pornography  Traffic Crashes  Identity Theft  Financial Crime  Homicides- both Holland (Apple Valley) and Burnsville and Rosemount ( Chavez- Nelson)

2013 Roger Holland Murder Case - Apple Valley/DCSO Holland killed his wife and tried to cover it up as an accident. Cell phone data extraction and analysis were key to the case. He was convicted on all counts of First Degree Murder.

 Spiraling Hardware, Software and Training Costs  We can leverage these costs- efficiency vs siloing  We can obtain equipment to cover all that we encounter  We can learn from each other and gain expertise

Hardware InvestmentCost Replacement of all three forensic computers$24,000 Replacement of Cellebrite machine (used to extract and analyze cell phones) $10,500 Purchase separate computer and software for use with Apple products (iPads, iPhones, iPods, Mac computer, etc). $6,000 Investments by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office December, 2013 Software InvestmentCost Annual software license renewal$6,500 to $7,000 Annual cost for training and retraining of staff$4,000 to $5,000 Approximate Total Investment in 2013$50,000

Total Investment for Eagan, Lakeville, and Burnsville InvestmentCost Hardware and software (three to five year lifetime)$48,000 Annual license renewal of software$19,900

 Expand the Mission and Improve Turnaround Time  We are currently reactionary only  Expand the mission to increase proactive element  Reduce turnaround time across the county  Avoid singular redundancy

Lacking Proactive Element

 Establish a 3 year Pilot Program  Collaborative Investigative Unit  Via Joint Powers Agreement Expand the mission to increase proactive element  Reduce opportunities for victimization  Reduce turnaround time across the county  Create a progressive and proactive unit with extended capabilities to address all that we see in the County

 5 Personnel- 4 licensed - 1 Technician  Two agencies contribute people- 9 contribute funds  Annual Capital Budget established  Software and Hardware purchases  Staff Training costs

Approved by City Managers JPA signed by boards and councils Governing Board Established Became Operational in Q Article appears in Star Tribune Call from Ann Sheridan

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Dakota County Electronic Crimes Task Force

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