Case Study: Alberta Law Enforcement Unit achieves faster case resolution and rapid evidence collection with OpenText EnCase Forensic

Alberta Law Enforcement Unit leverages OpenText EnCase to Significantly Improve Case Efficiency

The Southern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), part of the Southern Alberta Law Enforcement Response team, investigates online child-exploitation crimes originating in Alberta and works with national and international partners. Faced with a rising caseload, massive volumes of data and devices (e.g., hundreds of thousands of images, over a thousand exhibits and terabytes of data), and lengthy delays from seizure to analysis, the unit needed faster, more efficient ways to identify and preserve critical digital evidence.

Using OpenText EnCase Forensic, supported by OpenText EnCase Learning Services and partner eForensic Services, ICE was able to preview and triage devices at the scene, capture live memory, and accelerate password recovery. The result: far fewer devices required full seizure and lab analysis, time to obtain critical evidence dropped from hours to seconds, case efficiency improved significantly, and the unit can close cases faster and take on a larger caseload to bring more offenders to justice.

Alberta Law Enforcement Unit

Allen LaFontaine

Forensic Examiner