WEBVTT 00:00.050 --> 00:02.720 We're going to be talking about handling your investigation. 00:02.900 --> 00:05.150 The mental preparation behind it. 00:06.660 --> 00:14.310 So as we're conducting searches for a variety of reasons and and targets and this could include but 00:14.310 --> 00:19.530 not limited to things like missing persons, background checks, tracking down people that may have 00:19.530 --> 00:23.610 done something illegal or possibly immoral and whatnot. 00:23.910 --> 00:29.460 There are a number of things that we're likely to be found when we're doing an investigation that we 00:29.460 --> 00:33.780 might not be expecting or that we may find disturbing. 00:36.430 --> 00:37.300 So. 00:38.200 --> 00:42.850 There is a range of emotions that you might experience when you're doing ocean investigations. 00:43.330 --> 00:48.070 Overwhelmed, exhausted, angry, frustrated, etcetera. 00:48.790 --> 00:57.580 And things like doing, say, the Trace Labs CTF, where you're looking for a missing person. 00:57.580 --> 01:01.450 It might be a child, it could be someone abducted or whatnot. 01:03.110 --> 01:04.520 In that scenario. 01:04.520 --> 01:09.170 A lot of times, if you're part of the briefing, which you should go to, if you're going to do the 01:09.170 --> 01:17.090 CTF, they talk about people being exhausted and emotionally drained, which which is not too uncommon. 01:17.570 --> 01:21.050 Again, we're dealing with a lot of different information that we're taking in. 01:21.080 --> 01:26.300 We can get things like information overload from from all these different sources and things that we're 01:26.300 --> 01:27.350 sorting through. 01:27.990 --> 01:31.980 And again, I've been in situations where I've done ocean investigations. 01:31.980 --> 01:35.310 I've found some, well, you know, pretty. 01:35.970 --> 01:42.390 Pretty bad thing said, you know, kind of sometimes it might shake you up or get you mad or and again 01:42.390 --> 01:44.850 or frustrate and whatnot. 01:46.310 --> 01:47.240 So. 01:48.860 --> 01:53.990 Again, these things are we might not be expecting, but these are typically things that will probably 01:53.990 --> 01:56.210 happen at some point during an investigation. 01:56.210 --> 01:56.900 So. 01:58.180 --> 02:01.630 The important thing is to try to try to remain calm. 02:02.200 --> 02:08.170 And hopefully these tips can kind of help you get a handle on that. 02:08.170 --> 02:10.870 So have a plan of attack. 02:10.900 --> 02:12.070 Try to be organized. 02:12.070 --> 02:19.510 So figure out what your what your goal is and kind of chart out the steps that you might need to take 02:19.510 --> 02:21.940 in order to obtain that goal. 02:22.090 --> 02:28.060 Things like if you have a timeline, kind of figure out how much time you could spend on each section 02:28.060 --> 02:29.920 and try to map that out. 02:30.900 --> 02:33.630 Also remember doing those investigations. 02:34.350 --> 02:41.820 It's not going to be 100% most of the time, or sometimes rather, we may not always find out all the 02:41.820 --> 02:43.290 information we're looking for. 02:43.350 --> 02:45.690 We may not be able to find out. 02:46.760 --> 02:54.110 Any information, depending on how much what we have and how much of a footprint the person, person 02:54.110 --> 02:56.940 or persons or organization left behind. 02:56.960 --> 02:59.510 So don't get frustrated with that. 03:00.290 --> 03:02.090 Do the best you can. 03:02.240 --> 03:03.590 Have a plan of attack. 03:03.620 --> 03:05.030 Try to be organized. 03:05.060 --> 03:08.960 Try to be mentally prepared yourself for what you're going to get into. 03:08.990 --> 03:15.410 If it's a something involving the dark web and you're going to head to some pretty dark corners, then 03:15.800 --> 03:17.390 try to get your head around that. 03:17.570 --> 03:24.680 Things like, you know, child child abduction in that well, that's a obviously a very horrible thing. 03:24.680 --> 03:27.800 But, you know, kind of kind of prepare yourself for that if you can. 03:28.960 --> 03:30.880 Pace yourself if you're able to. 03:30.910 --> 03:38.530 If if you don't have a very short timeframe in order to get something done, try to pace yourself and 03:38.530 --> 03:41.950 don't burn yourself out when you're doing your investigations. 03:43.480 --> 03:46.270 Try to be prepared for what you may uncover again. 03:46.300 --> 03:49.090 Things like if we're say. 03:50.060 --> 03:57.830 Trying to track down a child that was abducted or lured and were heading down the, you know, the the 03:57.830 --> 04:03.650 the Facebook pages, the dark Web and whatnot and, you know, the different kind of. 04:05.880 --> 04:08.730 Forums and that like a -- and whatnot. 04:09.690 --> 04:13.050 Chances are we're going to see a lot of bad stuff there. 04:13.050 --> 04:17.790 And if you're not really prepared for it, then it might catch you off guard. 04:17.790 --> 04:20.430 So again, try to try to stay objective. 04:20.460 --> 04:27.120 Try to try to stay focused on what your goal is and if at all possible. 04:27.120 --> 04:34.170 Again, try try to prepare yourself, kind of know what you're getting into and take some time to decompress 04:34.170 --> 04:36.360 after your investigation if you need to. 04:37.550 --> 04:43.220 Again, things like the Trace Labs CTF example I like to use a lot. 04:44.810 --> 04:45.770 It's. 04:46.630 --> 04:47.680 Something like that. 04:47.680 --> 04:53.680 It's you're trying to track down some information in a fairly short time frame. 04:54.070 --> 05:01.840 And you you might get over you might get wound up, you might need to just decompress and relax, turn 05:01.840 --> 05:06.130 on some music, watch a movie, go for a walk, whatever you need to do to kind of relax. 05:06.780 --> 05:12.930 So again, it's important to try to decompress if you get kind of wound up during an investigation. 05:12.930 --> 05:17.220 And if you if you do end up getting getting in that situation. 05:18.510 --> 05:19.950 Don't beat yourself up over it. 05:19.980 --> 05:23.760 It does happen depending on what we're doing. 05:24.990 --> 05:29.070 So I hope these tips will will kind of prepare you for this stuff. 05:30.160 --> 05:31.270 Thank you for watching. 05:31.270 --> 05:32.200 I'll see you in next video.