Social Media and Open-Source Investigations: The Buy In (Essentials)
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
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EXCELLENT Based on 387 reviews sean thompson2024-09-06Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Just took the SRO course. What an absolute outstanding training!!! I am not an SRO and have not been one. But as the Captain I need to learn and understand as much as I can. This course is excellent to have a better understanding of the law and the SRO... Keep up the great work B2G!!!! Doug Wallace2024-08-29Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good information provided on S&S James Scira2024-08-27Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great training. I would recommend Blue to Gold training to members of LE. Nichalas Liddle2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I have had the pleasure of getting to watch some webinars from Blue to Gold and have enjoyed all the insights and knowledge that the instructors have. Good training for all of us in LE careers. Keep on with the good work y’all do. brian kinsley2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great training, refreshers, topic introductions. I love the free webinars! It really helps when budgets are tight. Thank you!! Tim Crouch2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great, free webinars. Thank you. I love the attorney provided content for up to date and accurate information. Anthony Smith2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Awesome stuff!
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Introducing Nick Jerman, a seasoned law enforcement veteran boasting an illustrious career spanning over two decades, during which he contributed significantly to a dynamic 1,100-officer police department in a prominent metropolitan center in the United States. Throughout his distinguished tenure, N ... Read more...
Great class, lots of information and resources
Great course!
Nick provided us with unbelievably valuable resources for investigations that I've never even heard of. Amazing class!
Great sites to utilize in my searches for officers
Mind blown on the information I’ve obtained from this course! It’s a lot of information ! But Nick provides the material!
This is such an informative class! Nick Jerman is a very knowledgeable and entertaining instructor. I would have loved for this to be an in-person course as opposed to Zoom, but it was still easy to participate and chat throughout.
Great class! So many resources to enhance investigations.
Nick is awesome and has clearly put a lot of work into his presentations. I've sat through social media classes before that don't come near the benefit that this one had.
So much useful information. Certainly a great use of time.
Great class with a lot of helpful resources.
One of the best classes I have ever taken. Nick has done an amazing amount of leg work on a topic that constantly changes. Very good job!
Nick did a great job providing many resources and tools we can use to aid in our investigations
Such an interesting and eye opening training.
This training was phenomenal and provided class participants with many resources. The instructor was engaging and gave interactive examples of class topics.
So much great information! Would have helped immensely in previous investigations if I had known all of this! Nick is an excellent presenter as well.
Nick Jerman was a fantastic instructor. He is very knowledgeable and offered wonderful tools. I can’t wait to try them.
I highly recommend this course, Nick was a great instructor and provided very useful information on how to search and gather information from social media sites.
Awesome class with a very knowledgeable instructor. Nick was able to bring numbers of other tools and search options I not heard it before, even though I’ve taken several courses claiming to cover the same materials as his. I would highly recommend this class to any police officer looking to conduct, proactive investigations.
The techniques from this class directly led to solving a complex gang investigation. Using the social media skills taught, I was able to identify suspects, track firearms, and build multiple successful search warrants. The attention to detail taught in class—like analyzing photos for subtle clues—proved crucial, with a judge specifically noting that these details made the difference in establishing probable cause. The course has sparked several other successful investigations. I recommend this training to every proactive officer looking to elevate their investigative skills.
The techniques from this class directly led to solving a complex gang investigation. Using the social media skills taught, I was able to identify suspects, track firearms, and build multiple successful search warrants. The attention to detail taught in class—like analyzing photos for subtle clues—proved crucial, with a judge specifically noting that these details made the difference in establishing probable cause. The course has sparked several other successful investigations. I recommend this training to every proactive officer looking to elevate their investigative skills.
I’ve attended Nick’s class in the past and I am hooked. This was another great class full of useful resources. By attending this class you will save a lot of time looking for the useful tips and OSINT resources.
The class was very eye opening and provided helpful web instructions on how to initiate investigations.
The class was very eye opening and provided helpful web instructions on how to initiate investigations.
This course (webinar) was very informative and look forward to taking Jerman's 8 hour course in the future.
Great information
Very informative course to navigate the social Media platforms
I’ve taken several similar classes and this one provided many new tips and tricks.
Very informative class with a knowledgeable instructor!
Very informative and great content
The class was excellent. Provided up-to-date information on social media and open source investigations.
Great class and very informative. Well done and well put together.
Great class. Learned a bunch new tips!
I am just starting as a social media investigations and I figured out I have no idea what I am doing. Thanks for helping me out.
Great class!!!!
Eye opener in regards to social media training and info overload but has practical applications for law enforcement. As SRO and involved in source development great resource
Great Webinar. Provided a lot of useful open source tools to help locate individuals. Appreciated the information about Facebook marketplace!
Great Class
Great info during the one hour webinar to help investigators learn the basics of social media use for investigative purposes.
Awesome class. Lots of usable info
Nick is a fantastic instructor and I can’t wait to take the eight hour class some time soon. -Review of the one hour webinar
Very informative and learned some cool new tricks.
Great class
This training was super helpful and I very much appreciate it!
Awesome class !!
Great class, it was only an hour (the webinar) and I learned a ton!!
Excellent and engaging presentation. I will sing up for a full day soon.
Great jumping off point for learning how to best utilize open source intel.
Nic has an awesome class. He knows his stuff and audience. Up to date information. He explains and gives examples that can be immediately applied.
Nick's class was amazing. He kept you interested without making it seem like another training class. He has some great real world examples and give you a ton of resources to help with any kind of investigation for the ever changing world of technology we now live in.
Class is amazing and super helpful. Nick Jerman teaches it very well and is very knowledgeable.
I learned so much helpful information in this class. Nick was awesome in sharing his knowledge and information.
This class was great. Nick was extremely attentive and helpful. Very engaging and had great content. Very knowledgeable and yet welcomed other’s opinions. Super refreshing.
Awesome class. Instructor was very knowledgeable in the area and provided great visual aid to class.
By far one of the best training classes I have been to! Nick is so knowledgeable on the topic of social media and open source investigations. Learned so much! Highly recommend taking this class if you get the chance!
Great course. I learned a lot
An amazing training! Nick Jerman is not only extremely knowledgeable in this subject matter but strives to stay on top of current trends and the constant evolution in this subject matter. So many valuable tools that can be put to work.
Nick brings a lot of practical knowledge, up to date and accurate information
Very straight forward and easy to follow teaching while containing very detailed and helpful content.
I took the on demand version of Nick Jerman's social media class. It was well paced and applicable to my current position in investigations. He provided helpful examples how the various platforms can be used in investigations.
Nick Jerman is a wealth of information and very good at presenting the information he knows. I would recommend this class to anyone as we live in an age when social media is tied into nearly every investigation.
Nick is very knowledgeable. Received a lot of information. I am glad I took this class.
I have heard Nick at several different occasions and he is a wealth of knowledge in information you can find on the web that you never knew existed but could always use! His class is instrumental in any area of Law Enforcement. Fast moving and full of information!
I have heard Nick at several different occasions and he is a wealth of knowledge in information you can find on the web that you never knew existed but could always use! His class is instrumental in any area of Law Enforcement. Fast moving and full of information!
I really enjoyed the class! It was very informative! Going into the class I really thought I knew how to navigate and knew the ins and outs of social media... but wow! Boy was I wrong! I ended up taking 7 pages of notes of all the different topics that Nick spoke on! I'm glad to have had the opportunity to take the class!
This was amazing. I learned that I am searching EVERYTHING wrong and you can really dial in on open source data and gain a ton of information prior to writing your warrants. Every Officer in the Country needs to take this course. If I can understand it anyone can!
Nick's class was amazing. He kept you interested without making it seem like another training class. He has some great real world examples and give you a ton of resources to help with any kind of investigation for the ever changin
xcellent class. So many sites and social media outlets that I was not aware of. A lot of notes and pictures were taken so as to retain as much of the information as possible. Heavily saturated with valuable information.
Excellent content provided in an interesting presentation. Extremely knowledgeable. Interactive Class.
I learned so much helpful information in this class. Nick was awesome in sharing his knowledge and information.
The class was great very informative And will be a great exit for me completed my criminal investigations.
This class was great. Nick was extremely attentive and helpful. Very engaging and had great content. Very knowledgeable and yet welcomed other’s opinions. Super refreshing.
Awesome pertinent info!
I followed Nick on social media for years, learning everything I could from his posts. I was FINALLY able to take his class in Sanford, FL back in July and it did not disappoint! Anybody from Road Patrol to Investigations can and should use the tools and techniques Nick shares in his class to further their investigations and keep themselves and their families safe. HIGHLY recommended!
Extremely useful and beneficial source if you are wanting to look into social media and open source investigations. Presentation was also excellent.
Loads of useful information.
Great class for a novice or seasoned investigator.
This class is extremely beneficial for a wide array of members of law enforcement positions.
Excellent class. So many sites and social media outlets that I was not aware of. A lot of notes and pictures were taken so as to retain as much of the information as possible. Heavily saturated with valuable information.
The class was awesome. Many great points and resources. Definitely happy I took the time to follow-up. I’ve done several warrants using social media and have made arrests based off them. This was an amazing class!
Mr. Jerman, I just recently finished up your Social Media and OSINT introduction course. I really enjoyed the material and found it jammed packed with a wealth of knowledge in only 1 hour. Open Source Intelligence tools are a great way to obtain valuable info on subjects. I feel like these types of tools will be highly utilized in the near future and it’s great to learn now and get ahead of the game.
Nicks class is full of valuable information that can be utilized for any investigation.
I have been in law enforcement for over 20 years and been a part of the criminal investigations division for 10 of them. I have seen many advanced trainings offered over the years for the topics of open source and social media investigations. This is a challenging course to teach and share with others especially for just being a one day class. I have to say Nick nailed it and shared many great resources with the class and they were very useful and the best part is what any agency and detective likes to hear and that they are free. When it comes to technology and social media it changes so much day to day and the trainings I had a few years ago have pretty much became antiquated, so attending this class brought me back up to date with the new social media applications and web pages available to use for investigations. Overall I do recommend for anyone involved in investigations or analysist positions to attend this class even if they have had other training on the same topic.
I did not realize how much more obtainable information was until I went to this class. I really enjoyed getting more tools for the toolbox.
Very educational course. Instructor is a well of knowledge.
Content was great. Instructor kept class entertaining and is very knowledgeable
I attended Nick Jerman's Digital Discovery web class today. He did an excellent job and he provided so much information.
Got a taste of the Social Media Investigations course. It was full of resourceful links and demonstrations of how to get from a to b. Highly recommend. Have a couple new tools in the box.
Nick! I took your class last month and it was my first Blue to Gold class. I have to say that prior to coming to the class, I was in a slump in my career and had no direction. After seeing how energetic you were during class, it inspired me to try my luck with social media. Within two weeks, I was about to get four guns, and fetanyl off of our streets. THANK YOU for inspiring me. Your class was a career changer!
Nick is a wealth of knowledge. He has helped our agency out on multiple occasions throughout the past several years. He is always eager to help, and he always responds promptly. His course regarding open-source intelligence investigations has enhanced my skills as an investigator tenfold. I highly recommend taking one of his courses.
Nick has an awesome class. He knows his stuff and audience. Up to date information. He explains and gives examples that can be immediately applied.
I did internet crimes against children investigations 12 years ago. All the technology has changed. This was a fantastic class to get current tools, tips, and trends. Policing has become more technology based as criminals have started using social media and internet services.
One of the best classes I've been in, and I would highly recommend!
Class was extremely informative and gave links officers can implement immediately.
Social Media and Open-Source Investigations: The Buy In (Essentials)
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Embark on a journey into the ever-expanding landscape of social media platforms with Jerman's cutting-edge course. Gain proficiency in navigating, searching, and exploiting major social media networks. Uncover the secrets of lesser-known platforms, learn to link social media accounts to investigative targets, and harness the power of current OSINT websites and search techniques. "Social Media and Open-Source Intelligence Techniques" goes beyond the basics, delving into essential topics such as utilizing software and applications post-training, preserving data for court, and mastering the intricacies of crafting subpoenas and search warrants for social media data. Jerman even reveals the art of extracting crucial information from suspects' posted photos. Tailored for all ranks within a police agency, from patrol officers to chiefs, this innovative course empowers attendees to swiftly and confidently extract information, enhance online investigations, and safeguard themselves and their families on the internet. Recognizing the rapid evolution of social media influenced by modern political, policing, and societal issues, Jerman ensures that his class remains a beacon of up-to-date knowledge. As a participant, consider bringing a computer and a WiFi Hotspot to class, not mandatory but highly encouraged. This allows you to actively emulate the taught techniques as Jerman covers them, ensuring a hands-on and immersive learning experience. Elevate your investigative prowess and stay ahead of the curve with "Social Media and Open-Source Intelligence Techniques" — where expertise meets innovation in the digital age.
EXCELLENT Based on 387 reviews sean thompson2024-09-06Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Just took the SRO course. What an absolute outstanding training!!! I am not an SRO and have not been one. But as the Captain I need to learn and understand as much as I can. This course is excellent to have a better understanding of the law and the SRO... Keep up the great work B2G!!!! Doug Wallace2024-08-29Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good information provided on S&S James Scira2024-08-27Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great training. I would recommend Blue to Gold training to members of LE. Nichalas Liddle2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I have had the pleasure of getting to watch some webinars from Blue to Gold and have enjoyed all the insights and knowledge that the instructors have. Good training for all of us in LE careers. Keep on with the good work y’all do. brian kinsley2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great training, refreshers, topic introductions. I love the free webinars! It really helps when budgets are tight. Thank you!! Tim Crouch2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great, free webinars. Thank you. I love the attorney provided content for up to date and accurate information. Anthony Smith2024-08-21Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Awesome stuff!
I attended two classes. The instructor was very knowledgeable and made the courses easy to understand. I highly recommend anyone to take one of his classes.
T.J
Texas
Outstanding instruction of all things Search and Seizure. B2G has crack the code of making the 4th Amendment nuance into an entertaining subject matter leaving their students feeling confident and knowledgeable.
C.H
New Jersey
What an absolute outstanding training group!!! They make search and seizure law so simple to understand, it allows you to get it right every time!!!! Wonderful – Wonderful folks at Blue to Gold!!!
J.B
California
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