Service Offerings

Any law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in Colorado and Wyoming may request assistance (at no cost to them) with the following activities—

Pre-Seizure Consultation

Law enforcement personnel may contact the Rocky Mountain RCFL for assistance with preparing a search warrant (only as it applies to digital evidence) by advising on related language that may be included in the affidavit.

Training

The Rocky Mountain RCFL offers free training to law enforcement personnel residing in our service area. Visit the training room for more information.

On-Site Seizure and Collection

Requests for this type of assistance should be made a minimum of 48 hours in advance (the more lead time the better) by submitting a completed Field Service Request Form (PDF) to the Rocky Mountain RCFL. On occasion, an agency will uncover digital evidence that they are unprepared to manage. Under these circumstances, the advance notice requirement is waived. Once the RCFL evaluates the search request, the Operations Manager assigns it to an Examiner for action.

Duplication, Storage and Preservation of Electronic Equipment and other Digital Evidence

Examinations are typically conducted on copies of the original evidence. Therefore, RCFL Examiners, can either duplicate (or copy the information) the media on-site, or they will bring the electronic equipment to the laboratory where they will duplicate the media and perform the examination.

Prompt, Accurate, and Impartial Examinations of Digitally Stored Media

RCFL Examiners will conduct a thorough and objective examination of an electronic device to locate digital evidence and turn it into something that the investigator can review. It is not the Examiner’s responsibility to analyze the data for its meaning or significance to the investigation. This impartiality and objectivity lends credibility to both their findings and subsequent court testimony.

Courtroom Testimony

As records are recovered from seized electronic equipment, the prosecutor is likely to direct the Examiner to introduce the digital evidence into court. As an expert witness, the Examiner explains under oath, how they conducted the forensics examination and what they discovered as a result.

Download our Examination Best Practices FAQ Sheet.