Speed Data – ing!

The below article was recently published in the first edition of The Forensic Investigator Magazine. To view the magazine click here.

Do you feel that you are alone?  May be working long hours, fed up with vast amounts of phone data.  You may have a ‘Good Sense of Humour’, but communications data is getting you down.  Are you the sort that likes to eat out and enjoy socialising, but unfortunately you are stuck in front of a computer for hours on end, creating call schedules?  If you can relate to this so far, then you are probably a Law Enforcement Analyst or a Detective tasked to deal with mobile phone data.  Do not despair…there is an alternative.

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Cell Site Analysis in Action – London CPD Training

The Cell site Analysis experts from Footprint Investigations were on the road again yesterday to deliver a well-received, and hopefully useful training update.

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Win a powerbank smartphone charger!

Win one of our fantastic smartphone chargers with the capacity to charge most smartphones from flat!

Footprint powerbank

You can now become a cell site expert and find a cell site to photograph! The best image of a cell site from a legal professional will win.

Please send photos with your name and company address to cellsite@footprintinvestigations.com

How to introduce Defence Cell Site Analysis Evidence

A few years ago it was very rare to receive a phone call from the defence team asking if cell site analysis would help their case when the prosecution had not introduced this particular type of evidence.

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Mobile Phone Forensics or Cell Site Analysis – What is required to provide a report?

There are numerous areas of mobile phone forensics, better known as digital forensics, including cell site analysis.

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Cell Site Analysis- are you getting what it says on the tin?

We have considered the various options available should you be required to instruct a cell site analysis expert.

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Secure a Cell Site Analysis Expert as soon as possible

There are so few qualified, experienced cell site analysis experts in the UK that it is advisable to secure one for your case as soon as it is apparent that cell site analysis evidence is relevant.

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Cell Site of the Week 29/08/14

During a short visit to the historical City of York, one of the Footprint Investigations cell site experts measured this cell as providing additional 3G capacity in the City.

Decom Orange cell

 

Should we accept the cell site analysis evidence?

In short, no, never just accept the cell site analysis evidence put forward by the prosecution.

You may not be disagreeing with the evidence as such; however you should always have the cell site evidence reviewed, especially as recently a large majority of the work we see is conducted by non-experts, usually police analysts or even mobile phone analysts, neither qualified to give expert opinion in relation to cell site analysis.

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Cell Site of the Week 13/08/13

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This is a light hearted look at an otherwise serious subject. During the course of our daily cell site analysis surveys we observe many types of cell site structures. Our dedicated senior cell site expert Greg Robinson, whilst surveying  recently observed a cell site deploying very large antennas upgraded to provide multi channel 3G and 4G services.

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