Call Detail Records and Geolocation Analysis of Mobile Phones
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Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2027
Ends On: Friday, January 22, 2027
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2027
Class Time(s): 1/20-22/2027: 8:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
Ends On: Friday, January 22, 2027
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2027
Class Time(s): 1/20-22/2027: 8:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
Instructor Location:
New Lenox Police Department
Instructor: Jeffrey GermanNew Lenox Police Department
200 Veterans Parkway
New Lenox, IL 60451
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New Lenox, IL 60451
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
Course Description: This course will provide law enforcement personnel with the necessary information to successfully examine Cellular Records and Google Location Records. Students will be instructed on Cellular Technology, legal aspects of cellular records, how to obtain and analyze cellular records, and how to forensically map cellular records and other device location records including Google records. The class will be both lecture and practical exercise with forensic mapping software.
Topics Include: Radio Waves / Electromagnetic Waves | Cellular Network Technology | Cell Sites (BTS) | Azimuth / Beamwidth | Mesh Networks | Attenuation | Tower Density | Mobile Network Operators / Mobile Virtual Network Operators | Verizon/T-Mobile/AT&T Records | Search Warrants vs. Subpoenas | Identifying the carrier for a mobile phone number | Terminology | Pre-paid phone records | Non-CDR messaging | Forensic mapping of Call Detail Records | Introduction to Google Earth Pro | Call Detail Records geolocation analysis practical | Time Difference of Arrival Records | Best Practices in Cellular Record Analysis | Forensic mapping of TDOA and CDR records | Analyze and forensically map cellular records | Tower Dumps | Advance Tower Dumps | Google records and student practical with Google records | Advertiser ID location data | Google Geofence Data | Real world case examples with Cellular records and Google records.
*This course is funded by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board LHI Grant.
This training covers the following mandates:
- Civil Rights - .50 hours
- Constitutional / Proper Use of LE Authority - .50 hours
- Procedural Justice - 10 hours
- Lead Homicide Investigator - 24 hours

