CCJS321 Project 1

The following memo describes the events that have taken place in Saint Leo Police Department as it relates to the Sheriff’s findings in Officer Narcissus office computer. It will contain a summary of the Sheriff’s and Officer Narcissus’ actions, as well as their reactions to the other’s stance. As the special assistant to the Sheriff, the author of this compilation will provide as much detail about the legal ramifications the Sheriff may face as it relates to this situation and conclude by providing some recommendations to resolve the situation at hand. The author will back up the recommendations with laws

Employers have the right and responsibility to monitor their place of business to protect themselves and their employees from invasion . The irony is that this can only be possible if an employer is able to monitor communications and exchanges . Therefore , for a company to be able to afford the protection that employees need , they must surrender in trust their privacy to the company

1. Can you (or Mr. Yourprop’s supervisor) search Yourprop’s personal vehicle currently parked in the Company parking lot for digital evidence? Support your answer.

The article “Little brother is watching you” by Miriam Schulman is an informative article that speaks of workplace privacy, specifically the monitoring software “Little Brother”. This program allows employers to access anything that their employees are accessing at work using company technology. This software allows employers to access intimate, and private information that is accessed at work. In this day and age, we live in a world where it’s impossible to “turn off” your work life, you are expected to check emails and answer calls whether they are on the clock or not. Miriam argues the case that if an employee writes a letter to their boyfriend on their lunch break with a pen and paper that is property of the company, does the employer have the right to open and read that letter?

When was the last time she accessed her computer? What is her background in computers, what is her skill level? I need some background on the former employee, her computer habits and activities prior to the files being found on her computer. I must collect digital evidence while keeping the data unaltered, first thing. This data will be used later in the prosecution of the case. This can be done through calculating and recording an evidence file. Next is imaging of the computer media with a write-blocking tool. I must keep the chain of custody. The computer's RAM is examined for evidence. During the examination step, verify and catalog the presence and integrity of the original evidence and any copies. An analysis is made with specialized equipment to find out exactly what's stored on the digital media. This includes a manual review of all materials found on the media, a review of the Windows registry, techniques to crack passwords and retrieve protected data, keyword searches and extraction of email and pictures for further review.

There are several items that a checkpoint can confiscate, as long as the items are negatively affecting the workplace or pose a risk to other employees, such as guns or adult entertainment. What gets a bit trickier is when they can take electronic devices at checkpoints, such as cell phones and hard drives. For a checkpoint to take these items they has to be a policy in place that forbids these types of devices onsite, the same way cellphones are not allowed in classified meetings. Additional, this is the only time the company can search an employee’s body, consisting of a pat-down to ensure there are no weapons on the subject. However, if the security staff takes any items from MR. Yourporp, they cannot begin searching thought the information contained on his electronic devices and they must be held in a designated location for confiscated items. Not following these procedures could lead to jail time as was the case with an incident at the O’Hare Airport (Hilkevitch, 2001). One exception depends on if the devices are company owned or not, if the device is company owned then they have every right to collect their devices in order to search the device during a security check. Searching the device at this time would be unwise, so many companies would have the item taken to their forensic team to search the

A cellular phone rings in a Northern Virginia suburban home; it is 3:00 AM. A digital forensic examiner is on the receiving end of the phone call. The local police department is requesting the examiner’s expertise and his state of the art forensic lab. An individual has just been arrested on child pornography charges, as well as, possible drug trafficking. The suspect is believed to be the ringleader in a drug cartel so this has the potential to be a massive investigation. This digital examiner was once a Northern Virginia police officer who was also a digital forensic examiner for the force. He recently established his laboratory and has recently procured the local police department as a client. Although this is his first case with the

Yes, I believe Mr. Jenkins or Mr. McBride’s supervisor can search McBride’s locker in the company’s on-site gym for digital evidence as long as a few criteria’s are met. First, a policy for such search should be in place. If employees are warn in advance (in writing and sign as part of their contracts) that some areas could be subject to search, we as employees should have very low prospects of discretion in those areas. I also would add a third party who is impartial, local law enforcement, who could be there with Mr. Jenkins to perform the search on

The company has the right to look around and patrol because it is a private company and they make their own rules. The reason Bob went against Cynthia rights because he had no reason to believe that Cynthia was using drugs and or selling them. It is a work space people forget their personal belongings all the time Bob did not indicate that her purse smelled like of anything he just said that her purse was just sitting on her desk in her personal space. The fourth amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and Bob’s search was completely unreasonable. In order to do a search and seizure Bob needed a reasonable test in his case would need to prove objective bias in order to make his search fair.

The three items that I would collect would be the external hard drive, the laptop, and the USB thumb drive. It’s important to remember that you ”must use caution when collecting, packaging, or storing digital devices to avoid altering, damaging, or destroying the digital evidence. Avoid using any tools or materials that may produce or emit static electricity or a magnetic field as these may damage or destroy the evidence” (Mukasey, 2008). The first item that I would collect as digital evidence would be the external hard drive. It may contain all types of evidence such as: files, logs, pictures, recordings, or even video logs. Before collecting it as evidence I would take pictures of the hard drive, making sure to get the manufacturer and serial numbers, and then document it. Once complete, I would seal it in an anti-static bag and label that as well. The second item that I would collect would be the laptop. This could have all of the same type of information that the hard drive has and also may contain copies, pictures, or the source code itself from “Product X.” The laptop may show whether or not he was sharing files or trade secrets with outside sources, or even if he were attempting to crack passwords so as to get into systems that weren’t available to

Employers engage in work-related monitoring in an effort to limit potential liability. Cameras were installed in the physical education teacher's office because of thefts occurring and the principal suspected a certain employee was responsible. The principle authorized the installation of two cameras. The cameras were not placed in areas including locker rooms, changing areas, and bathrooms that are generally considered to be private and not subject to monitoring by any company. In their suit, the teachers felt that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy protecting them from video surveillance in their athletic office and locker room area. The plaintiffs felt videotaping all of them was unreasonable. Another clarification is that the plaintiff is not the physical education teacher whom the installation of the cameras aimed to monitor, specifically whether he is stealing money from the students or not. Another

Well seeing as how the paper states to find the case law for an office computer of a suspect, I’m going to assume that even though the crime took place inside an abandoned warehouse, that the computer is potentially business property. That being said, it is stated that in order for this case law to fall into effect, the courts must inspect the entirety of the situation before determining whether or not the employee at the time has an equitable expectancy of confidentiality or whether the employer shares authority over the member of staff’s space and can grant approval to a search.Applying this consent can be helpful, but at the same time it can lead to much bigger issues if the employee’s computer as they suggest isn’t a “stand alone.”

There are many reasons why officials should not be allowed to search personal devices and use the information against the owner. For example, it is an invasion of privacy. The owner of the device probably has a lot of personal things stored on there that they don’t want everyone to see. It should be their choice who to share the information on it with. Everyone has secrets and doesn’t want everyone knowing. The store private information on their phones

Employers these days are becoming more and more concerned about employee theft and are making sure that they minimize these kinds of activities by using sophisticated and high-tech devices. However, it is essential to be honest about the actions and it is equally important to provide privacy in any kind of workspace. In case 9.3, Jean Fanuchi is a manager of a shopping mall in jewelry department. Since there were many recent incidents of theft and shoplifting, she decided to install hidden cameras and microphones without her employees knowledge. Since Jean Fanuchi invaded her employee’s privacy and dignity by doing something without letting them know, Jean Fanuchi acted immorally.

**Retrieval** The evidence that is being evaluated a list of key words should be typed into the software. The list of key words can be obtained from the case, circumstances and the suspect’s motives as well as the purpose for which the