Digital Forensics Support for Law-Enforcement

From device extraction to courtroom testimony, Hawks Consulting delivers precise, defensible digital forensics tailored to your investigative needs.

The Staffing & Tool Gap

Investigators juggle interviews, video pulls, DNA, and court deadlines—while digital evidence keeps piling up. Thin staffing, rotational assignments, and limited forensic tools leave call detail records, tower dumps and device extractions under-worked or misunderstood. Critical leads slip by, budgets balloon, and cases stall.

Capability and Case Impact

Tower Dump and Timing Advance Area Searches

Narrow thousands of lines of data to actionable intelligence before the records expire

Device Extraction
Deep-Dive

We go far beyond the Reader program to deliver nuanced details to make your case

Call Detail
Records

Determine where the target was and who they communicated with

Turnaround Time

Cases involving the threat to life and the community must be solved immediately – we are here to help

Consultation

Data is abundant but perishable our experts will make sure nothing is left behind

Training

Raise your team’s digital proficiency

Testimonials

Hawks Consulting's ability to retrieve and analyze technological data is unparalleled – each time I have retained them, they found important nuggets of evidence that other “experts” had missed.
Assistant District AttorneyCalifornica DA's Office, 2024
Assistant District Attorney
Hawks Consulting also has an amazing ability to present complex, technical information to jurors in a way that is easy to understand. I retain them whenever I have a case that involves technological evidence.
Assistant District AttorneyCalifornia DA's Office
Assistant District Attorney

Methodology

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1

Case Intake

Receive all CDRs, device extractions, social media, and reports

2

Investigator Briefing

Consult with case agent about the data collected and the investigative theory of the case

3

Initial Review

Perform a high level overview of the data received and identify data that may have been overlooked

4

Warrant Assistance

If outstanding data is identified we will help the investigator obtain the data – including declarations to attach to warrants

5

Expert Report

All findings are thoroughly detailed in a stand-alone comprehensive report

6

Prosecutor Briefing

Prosecutor is briefed on the findings – including trial presentation strategies

Frequently Asked Questions

As former investigators, we know continued-threat cases need immediate digital-evidence triage. You’ll receive a preliminary tower-dump / timing-advance report within 24 hours, followed by a formal CJIS-compliant report.

Case report, call detail records, full-file-system device extractions, and any other electronic evidence (tower lists, Stingray logs, social-media returns). We’ll work with your team to confirm all relevant records are preserved and subpoenaed.

Agencies usually run their own Cellebrite or GrayKey extractions to save budget. We specialize in deep-dive analysis—deleted data, WAL logs, cloud caches, multi-case link charts—and can advise on seizure best-practices.

Yes. If the prosecutor requests expert witness testimony, our analysts—100 + court qualifications—will appear for hearings and trial.

Two models: annual task-order contracts (budget line-item) or per-case hourly. We carry the insurance limits required by most jurisdictional Risk-Management departments.

Yes. We created the CellHawk Certified User program; students who pass the final exam receive official certification from LeadsOnline.

  1. Can you correlate multiple cases to one suspect device?
    Absolutely. By fusing call-detail records, device extractions, and social-media returns, we’ve linked suspects across homicides, burglaries, and gang shootings—closing cold cases and generating new charges.

We augment, not replace. A second set of eyes with advanced tools and national-level experience often uncovers timing-advance anomalies, unparsed app data, or Wi-Fi logs missed in the first pass—strengthening your case.

Ready to work smarter with digital evidence?​

Explore our training, consulting, and mapping services—designed to meet the challenges of modern investigations.

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