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New! "Webcast: Managing Digital Evidence What Every Law Enforcement Executive Must Know"

Length: Approximately 22 minutes

The RCFL National Program Office created this Webcast to help law enforcement executives assess and manage their digital forensics needs. It contains three modules:

1) Digital Forensics Overview
2) Tech Trends
3) Preparedness

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TOOLKIT – The toolkit complements the Webcast and gives detailed information about increasing digital forensics preparedness.

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Welcome to the Chicago RCFL's (CGRCFL) Web Site

The Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Lab (CGRCFL) is conveniently located in downtown Chicago, and is available to any law enforcement agency throughout our 19 county service area. We provide technical assistance and training in a variety of digital forensics techniques. Click here to view the latest training schedule.

Open House - June 19, 2008

Members of the Chicagoland law enforcement community are invited to attend an open house at the Chicago RCFL on Thursday, June 19, 2008 from 11:00am - 2:00pm.

Come tour the Chicago RCFL and learn more about the science of digital forensics. Click here for directions or to read an event flyer.

What is an RCFL?

An RCFL is a one-stop, full service forensics laboratory and training center devoted entirely to the examination of digital evidence in support of criminal investigations, such as, but not limited to—

  • Terrorism
  • Child Pornography
  • Crimes of Violence
  • The Theft or Destruction to Intellectual Property
  • Internet Crime
  • Fraud
  • Corruption.

To learn more about digital forensics, the National RCFL Program, and the CGRCFL, we invite you to visit our Web site often.

New Training

The Chicago RCFL offers Image Scan training for all law enforcement personnel that conduct on-site child pornography investigations. Click here to learn more about this cutting-edge technology.

In the News

Somali Sentenced in Plot to Destroy Ohio Shopping Mall - A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall along with another man who was also convicted of being a terrorist with Al Qadea. The Chicago RCFL (CGRCFL) supported a federal joint task force investigating the crime, and one of its Examiners from the Will County Sheriff’s Office, made significant contributions toward indicting Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, formerly of Columbus, Ohio. Click here to read the full story.