FINAL PROJECT - Investigative Conclusion and Testimony

CCJS 321 Digital Forensics in the Criminal Justice System

Project #1- Understanding Investigative Parameters

UMUC

By: Shreeji Patel

September 3, 2019.

1. There are few benefits of a forensic readiness plan. The first benefit is planning for the possible requirement for digital proof. The second benefit is reducing the price of inspections. The third benefit is stopping the chance for hateful insiders to protect their paths. The fourth benefit is the decreasing amount of supervisory or lawful needs for release of information. There are two requirements to establish forensic readiness. The first requirement is to classify possible proof sources and also the kinds of evidence. The second requirement is to form ability for safe proof collecting and assortment in an exceedingly forensically sound way (Sule, 2014).

2. Yes, we can search Mr. Belcamp’s assigned locker in the Company’s on-site gym for digital evidence because an employer has right to search lockers or desk to see what they have, but they also have to get the employee’s consent (Johnson, n.d). Yes, we can use the master key to search Mr. Belcamp’s desk, but only when it is necessary and only if Mr. Belcamp had hidden some sort of threat in the desk (“Should Employers Have Master Keys to Employees' Desk Drawers?”, 2019).

3. Yes, the security staff has the right to open Mr. Belcamp’s briefcase and seize any potential digital evidence. The first reason why the security staff has right to open Mr. Belcamp’s briefcase is that to check whether Mr. Belcamp got any illegal things in his briefcase and if Mr. Belcamp got illegal things in his briefcase than security staff has right to seize the illegal things. The second reason why the security staff has right to open Mr. Belcamp’s briefcase is that to check if Mr. Belcamp has stolen anything from the company and if Belcamp has stolen anything from the company than the things that are stolen can be seized (Johnson, n.d).

4. It does matter that Mr. Belcamp has never signed the receipt page. It does matter because when the employees are asked to sign the receipt page of the handbook, it tells the manager of the company that the employees have read and comprehended the handbook (Miller, 2014). The second reason why it matters because the handbook shows evidence and rules that need to be followed, so it is important for every employee that they sign the receipt page of the handbook (Miller, 2014). So, it is important that Mr. Belcamp signs the receipt page of the handbook.

5. Search and seizure are when police examine a person’s home, car, or job to search for proof that felony has been committed. And If the police found the proof than they have to seize it. Also, the police can arrest the person who created the crime (“Search and Seizure”, n.d).

6. Chain of custody is a written record documenting once, how, and by whom single things of real or electronic proof (Longley, 2019). Chain of custody is important as a result of if the proof has been modified or it can not be demonstrated that it has been not modified throughout the time between assortment and use in court, then that proof is a smaller amount plausible or reliable than it otherwise would be (Chen, 2016). If chain of custody is not documented, then the important proof can be considered lawfully useless (“The Importance of Chain of Custody for Legal Proceedings”, 2017).

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