Thursday 19th Sept

Overview of our Social Media Operatives Course (SMOC) & how it has been successfully adopted nationally to target serious & organized crime – our journey – plus case studies.

<i>Join Sergeants Tim Hughes and Tom Smith for a compelling presentation into their journey building a specialist OSINT and SOCMINT team, focused on tackling gangs, serious youth violence, modern slavery and drug supply. Discover how national UK media and their experiences exposed the need for a complete overhaul in police tactics, especially with the rapid rise of social media and its links to serious and organised crime. They will share insights on the bespoke training required and created, In house procedures, tasking systems and some of the lessons that shaped the team's success. Through real-world case studies, you will gain a valuable understanding of key crime types that OSINT and SOCMINT can effectively target and the critical intelligence these tools can provide to drive better investigatory outcomes. </i>