Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy
A Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Training Academy
Cellular and Social Media Investigations
Course length
24
About the course
In this three-day ~24-hour course, officers will be introduced to the basic workings of social
media and cellular records and how those records can be obtained and used as part of a
criminal investigation. The course will further cover such topics as basic cellular theory and
function, how to properly and legally obtain cellular and social media records, examination and
exploitation of call details records, cellular mapping techniques, electronic surveillance laws,
pen registers, global positioning, call records research and the use of electronic surveillance as
part of fugitive operations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP (AND CHARGER) WITH GOOGLE EARTH PRO AND MICROSOFT EXCEL
PRE-INSTALLED
Your Instructor:
John Ludemann was born and raised in Greensboro, NC. He graduated from Greensboro College
in 2004 and joined the Greensboro Police Department soon after. He’s been a sworn officer for
19 years and is currently the Lieutenant over the Investigative Support Division. Prior to that, he
was a Sergeant over a plain-clothes tactical team, a Patrol Sergeant, a Detective with the Violent
Criminal Apprehension Team, a Task Force Officer with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and a
Patrol Field Training Officer. Lt. Ludemann is a North Carolina certified General Instructor, a
Rapid Deployment Instructor and has been an instructor for 201TacSolutuions for over 11 years,
developing and teaching classes on fugitive and technological investigations, all over the United
States