Electronic Surveillance Techniques Flashcards
What are audio intercepts?
Body worn transmitter or a body worn recorder.
What is a body worn transmitter for?
Used for officer safety. They transmit real-time conversation as it is taking place.
What is a body worn recorder?
Used for evidence gathering.
What are the two types of GPS trackers?
Memory trackers
Live Trackers
Whats the difference between a live tracker and a memory tracker?
Live trackers are real time feeds vs memory tracker is a data logger
Live tracker uses cell towers vs memory trackers do not.
What is another name for IP based video surveillance system?
Pole Cameras.
What is a Pole Camera?
They use internet to transmit video and observe a person or location.
What is a In-Place CCTV system and what is it used for?
Security camera
Can assist in an investigation, significant portion of criminal activity may be captured on video.
What is a sensor activated CCTV system?
Self contain video systems deployed in a remote application. The recording starts and stops in response to a sensor such as seismic, magnetic, active or passive infrared.
Usually for long term deployment ( 1 or more weeks)
Example: buckeye
What is Wifi analysis and geolocation of computing devices for?
Explores the capability of hidden devices in structures or peer-to-peer hidden communication through use of common devices like PSP, iPhones and geo-location of those Wi-Fi devices.
Wifi communications is involved in what crimes?
Child pornography, Terrorism, and Child Exploitation.
What is Electronic Countermeasures?
Devices purchased by the “bad guy” to detect or thwart electronic surveillance.
What are some examples of electronic countermeasures.
RF Detectors (alert on RF ex: beep, light or vibration) Scanners (will lock on RF signal and audio from the device will be audible)
Camera Detectors
RF jammers
Within how many days of termination are “Reports of Use” forwarded to agencies headquarters?
30 days.
Who determines the disposition of electronic surveillance products?
Your Agency
Who approves or denies consensual on party audio monitoring?
Head of Agency
Body worn transmitter should be at…
Chest level/ center of convo
Which information should never be included in the preamble?
The type of equipment used and where it is concealed.
Can a AUSA grant authorization to conduct consensual monitoring?
No, they can only advise that the proposed consensual monitoring is legal and appropriate.
What should a Preamble include?
Name of Agent and that of his or her agency
Subject (s) name if known
Date and time
Purpose of the recording
Is ti permissible for the UC to turn off the transmitter or recorder if there will be an extended period of time between the preamble and meeting?
Yes, but it should be explained in the preamble why the recording will be turned off. Another statement should be given when recording starts back up.. like the time..
What is the preferred area to audio monitoring?
A quiet open area.
What information should the UC provide in the close out?
Name of UC
“This concludes the conversation with ____”
Name of person(s) party to the conversation if known
Date and time
A statement that the recording device is being deactivated.
How long should a recording be kept? (evidence)
At a minimum till the defendant’s trail is concluded and all appeals have been adjudicated.
Termination report should include what?
The number of times interceptions corroborated the violation(s).
What is the ABC rule when installing the equipment on the UC.
- Install Antenna (A)
- Install Batteries (B)
- Install Cables (C)
