WEB SITES FOR INVESTIGATORS
Associations
http://www.asc41.com/ American Society of Criminology
http://www.ascld.org American Society of Crime Lab Directors
http://www.asis.org American Society for Information Services
http://www.asisonline.org/ American Society of Industrial Security - ASIS International
http://www.cavca.net/ Canadian Assoc of Violent Crime Analysts
http://www.cbtia.org/ California Burglary and Theft Investigators Assoc
http://www.cfca.org Communications Fraud and Control Association
http://www.cfcia.info/ California Fnancial Crimes Investigators Assoc
http://www.corrections.com/aca/ American Correctional Association
http://www.cpted.net/ Intl CPTED Association
http://www.criminalistics.com/abc/ American Board of Criminalistics
http://www.fedbar.org Federal Bar Association
http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk Forensics Science Society
http://www.hightechcrimecops.org High Tech Crime Consortium
http://www.htcia.org High Tech Crime Investigation Association
http://www.iaca.net Intl Assoc of Crime Analysts
http://www.iafci.org/ Intl Accoc of Financial Crimes Investigators
http://www.ialep.org/ Intl Assoc of Law Enforcement Planners
http://www.iap.nl.com/ Int Assoc of Prosecutors
http://www.icma.org Intl City/County Management Association
http://www.inteltec.com/ialeia.htm Intl Assoc of Law Enforce. Intel Analysts
http://www.iscpp.net/ Intl Society of Crime Prev. Practitioners
http://www.jrsainfo.org Justice Research & Statistics Association
http://www.naag.org National Association of Attorneys General
http://www.natia.org National Investigators Association
http://www.ndaa.org National District Attorneys Association
http://www.nfa.futures.org National Futures Association
http://www.sheriffs.org/ National Sheriffs Association
http://www.theiacp.org Intl Assoc of Chiefs of Police
http://www.urisa.org Urban and Regional Information Systems Assoc
http://www.wacci.org/ Wisconsin Association of Computer Crime Investigators
Banks and Foreign Business Locator
http://bank-banque-canada.ca Bank of Canada Site
http://www.ckfraud.org National Check Fraud Center
http://www.colombiaexport.com Colombian companies and export
http://www.federalreserve.gov/otherfrb.htm Federal Reserve Board Site
http://www.swconsult.ch/cgi-bin/banklist.pl The Swiss Bank Directory
Clearinghouses
http://www.aindex.search.org/ Automated Index of CJ Info Systems
http://firstgov.gov/ FirstGov:  U.S. Government Information Source
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/ Nat’l Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect
http://patriot.net/~bernkopf// Central Banking Resource Center
http://securities.stanford.edu/ Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
http://www.ckfraud.org/ National Check Fraud Center
http://www.fedworld.gov/ FedWorld Information Network
http://www.ffiec.gov/nic Federal Reserve National Information Center
http://www.fincen.gov/. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html U.S. Government Printing Office GPO Access
http://www.iacptechnology.org/ IACP Law Enforcement Info Management
http://www.ijis.org/ Integrated Justice Information Systems
http://www.missingkids.com/ Nat’l Center for Missing & Exploited Children
http://www.ncjrs.org/ NCJRS Justice Information Center
http://www.ntis.gov/ National Technical Information Service
http://www.pavnet.org/ Partnerships Against Violence Network
http://www.trac.syr.edu/aboutTRACgeneral.html Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse
http://www.ucan.org/prc/prc4ucan.htm Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
http://www.uncjin.org/ United Nations Crime and Justice Info Network
Consumer Protection Sites
http://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau
http://www.consumer.gov/ Federal Government Consumer Information
http://www.consumerworld.org/ Consumer World
http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/index2.html National Institute for Consumer Education
http://www.fraud.org/ National Fraud Information Center
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm Federal Trade Comm. Consumer Protection
http://www.insurancefraud.org/ Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
http://www.lectlaw.com/tcos.html 'Lectric Law Library Lawcopedia's Consumer Rights & Protections
http://www.netscams.com/ Net Scam/Alert
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc Office for Victims of Crime
http://www.taf.org/ Taxpayers Against Fraud
http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/consmenu.htm U.S. Postal Service Consumer Tips
www.consumer.gov/idtheft Site for victims to report ID Theft
Criminal Justice Information & Resources
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/ Government Information Sharing Project
http://law.net/roundnet.html Complete Legal Search Engine
http://members.tripod.com/~BlueThingy/index.html Canadian Criminal Justice Resource Page
http://police.sas.ab.ca/homepage.html CopNet Police Resources
http://police.sas.ab.ca/prl/index.html Police Resource List
http://smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.aspx Provides vehicle information-enter VLN
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/juscoord/etech.htm Web of Justice:  CJ Technology Links
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/juscoord/explore.htm Web of Justice: Criminal Justice Internet Exploration Guide
http://www.communitypolicing.org/ Community Policing Consortium
http://www.copnet.com/ CopNet
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/ Criminal Justice Links
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/leb.htm FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
http://www.fedwiredirectory.frb.org/search_ach.cfm Federal Reserve Identifies bank routing numbers
http://www.findlaw.com/ State and Federal Case Searches
http://www.frbservices.org/index.html Federal Reserve Board
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/soi.htm Investigators Guide To Sources Of Information
http://www.geocities.com/crimeanalyst_2000 Crime and Intelligence Analyst Resources
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm Home Office Research Development Statistics
http://www.iir.com/riss/magloclen/magloclen.htm Mid Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime LE Network
http://www.jibc.bc.ca/ Justice Institute of British Columbia
http://www.law.cornell.edu/index.html Cornell Law School Website
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ California Law and Resources
http://www.leolinks.com/ Law Enforcement Links
http://www.met.police.uk/ Metropolitan Police Service
http://www.nsi.org/ National Security Institute
http://www.officer.com/ Officer.com
http://www.policeforum.org/ Police Executive Research Forum
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police
http://www.search.org/ National Consortium for Justice Information and Stats
http://www.tarorigin.com/index.html Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin (journal)
http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/ Forensics Science Resources
https://leads.cdc.state.ca.us Parole data base, password protected
https://wilenet.org/ Wisconsin Department of Justice
www.einformation.usss.gov USSS financial crimes site
www.forensicsweb.com/downloads/cfid/isplist/isplist.htm Lists of Internet Service Providers
www.ftc.gov/sentinel ID Theft Data Base-password protected
www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reg_forma.html Application form for Consumer Sentinel
www.nw3c.org National White Collar Crime Center-training & resources
Directories/Search Engines
http://www.555-1212.com/ Telephone Information Source
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Acronym Finder
http://www.altavista.com/ AltaVista
http://www.anywho.com Reverse lookup for phone numbers
http://www.bigyellow.com/ Big Yellow pages
http://www.dogpile.com Searches the web using multiple search engines
http://www.emailman.com/finger/ eMailman Finger
http://www.fonefinder.net Identifies the provider of the phone service
http://www.globalyp.com/world.htm Global Yellow Pages
http://www.google.com/ Google
http://www.iaf.net/ Internet Address Finder
http://www.infospace.com/ InfoSpace
http://www.lycos.com/ Lycos
http://www.metacrawler.com/ Metacrawler
http://www.search.com/ C/Net
http://www.stpt.com/ Starting Point
http://www.surfpoint.com/ Surf Point LinkExchange
http://www.switchboard.com/ Switchboard (for personal and business)
http://www.usacops.com/ Use to locate law enforcement agencies
http://www.usps.com/ United States Post Office Zip Code finder
http://www.webcrawler.com/ WebCrawler
http://www.wi-fi.org Extensive information source on Wi-Fi
http://www.wi-fizone.org/zonefinder.asp Locate wireless Hot-Spots
http://www.worldemail.com/ World EMail Directory
http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo
Drug Related Sites
http://leda.lycaeum.org/quickindex.shtml Chemical and Drug Dictionary
http://www.clubdrugs.org NIDA Website on Club Drugs
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/ SAMSHA Website
http://www.erowid.org/index.shtml Erowid-Drug users reference website
http://www.nida.nih.gov/ National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.rxlist.com/ Drug information search engine
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/index.html United nations Office on Drugs and Crime
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/default.asp ONDCP National Street Slang Directory
GIS/Mapping Sources
http://www.policefoundation.org/docs/library.html Crime Mapping News
http://maps.waukeshacounty.gov/GISweb/waukco/waukco.asp Waukesha County Maps(Wisconsin)
http://www.directionsmag.com/ Directions Magazine
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html GIS WWW Resource List
http://www.geospatial-online.com/ GeoSpatial Solutions Magazine
http://www.gislinx.com/ GISLinx
http://www.gisportal.com/ GIS Portal
http://www.gisworld.com/ GISPlace
http://www.nlectc.org/ NLECTC Crime Mapping & Analysis Program
http://www.spatialnews.com/features/crimemaps/crimeresources.html Spatial News Crime Mapping Resources
Grants and Grant Research
http://www.cfda.gov/ Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cof.org/ Council on Foundations
http://www.ega.org/ Environmental Grantmakers Assoc.
http://www.fdncenter.org/ Foundation Center
http://www.nng.org/ National Network of Grantmakers
http://www.packfound.org/ Packard Foundation
http://www.philanthropy.com/ Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://www.sternfund.org/ Stern Family Fund
http://www.tgci.com/ Grantsmanship Center
http://www.usdoj.gov/10grants/index.html U.S. Department of Justice Grants
Intelligence/CounterIntelligence
http://www.cia.gov/ Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cisc.gc.ca/ Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/dsc/intell.html United States Intelligence Community
http://www.inteltec.com/ Intelligence Technologies International
http://www.interpol.com/Default.asp INTERPOL
http://www.kimsoft.com/kim‑spy.htm Kim-Spy Intelligence & Counter Intelligence
http://www.nsa.gov/ United States National Security Agency
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/facttell Factbook on Intelligence
http://www.odci.gov/csi/ Center for the Study of Intelligence
http://www.terrorism.com/ Terrorism Research Center
http://www.thepalmerpress.com/ Intelligence Professional
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/oiafug/fugitives.htm Interagency International Fugitive Lookout
Investigative Resources
http://all-nettools.com Networking tools, resources and search engines
http://bankrupt.com/ InterNet Bankruptcy Library
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/ Computer Incident Advisory Capability
http://offender.doc.state.wi.us/public/ Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry
http://pimall.com/nais/in.menu.html Investigator’s Toolbox
http://techcrime.com/ Investigative Links and Resources
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl Wisconsin Circuit Court Records
http://www.accurint.com/ Accurint - pay data base
http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm Social Security Death Index
http://www.anybirthday.com/ Birthday database
http://www.atxp.com/ AutotrackXP
http://www.birthdatabase.com/ Birthday database
http://www.bop.gov/ Bureau of Prisons Home Page
http://www.choicepoint.net/ ChoicePoint
http://www.crime-research.org/eng/links.html Computer Crime Related Links
http://www.crimetime.com/ Crimetime Publishing Company-Inv Resources
http://www.data2know.com/newsletter.html Internet & Online Intelligence Newsletter
http://www.dcfl.gov/dc3/home.htm Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory
http://www.dcfl.gov/dcci/dcci.htm Defense Cyber Crime Institute
http://www.dialog.com/ Dialog
http://www.dnb.com/ Dun & Bradstreet
http://www.equifax.com/ Equifax
http://www.entersect.net/ Entersect - pay data base
http://www.ers.usda.gov/ Economic Research Service (USDA)
http://www.experian.com/ Experian
http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000229.html Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/soi.htm Investigator’s Guide to Sources of Information
http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/dl_wi/ Wisconsin drivers License Calculator
http://www.iinvestigate.net/ Numerous investigative links
http://www.informus.com/ Informus
http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html Research It
http://www.klaaskids.org/st-wis.htm Megan's Law - Wisconsin
http://www.knowx.com/ KnowX  Public Records Searches
http://www.lexis-nexis.com/ Lexis-Nexis
http://www.mastercardonline.com Identify Mastercard Bank Identification Numbers
https://www.merlindata.com/ Merlin Information Services-pay site/free sites
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk Use to check out phishing schemes
http://www.mostwanted.org/ World's Most Wanted
http://www.nicb.com/ National Insurance Crime Bureau
http://www.primeris.com/fonefind/ Locate Telephone Companies by area code and first 3 digits
http://www.proxy4free.com/ Provides a venue to spoof an IP address
http://www.samspade.org Internet Tracing tools
http://www.scambusters.org/ Internet Scam Busters
http://www.sexoffender.com/ Sex Offender.Com
http://www.ssa.gov/foia/stateweb.html Social Security Number Allocations
http://www.transunion.com/ Trans Union
http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/index2.html Virtual Librarian
http://www.wisbar.org/index.html Wisconsin State Bar Association/ Attorney Locator /Wisconsin Statutes
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/agency_index.html?ref=ca Wisconsin List of Agencies
http://www.yourfavorite.com/cw/verification.html Check verification website
http://www.zabbasearch.com Search engine
https://mymerchantview.net/mmv/gt?directive=mmvCardIssuerIdentificationCritSelect Payment Processing Website
https://www.visariskusa.com/ Visa Searches/Law Enforcement Only
www.nicb.com National Insurance Crime Bureau
www.terraserver-usa.com Aerial photos
www.upcdatabase.com Identifies "bar code" information-Universal Product Code"
www.visariskusa.com Identify Visa Card Bank Identification Numbers
Law/Legal/Federal Agencies
http://650mi.nato.army.mil/comp_for.html Lathe Gambit (Nato Forensic Org)
http://ih2000.net/ira/ira2.htm-city Comprehensive Law Enforcement Links
http://ncsconline.org National Center for State Courts
http://thomas.loc.gov/ Federal Legislation (to search for Bills, etc.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/ Department of State Int’l Information Programs
http://www.bcis.gov/graphics/index.htm Immigration and Naturalization Service
http://www.bop.gov/ Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.cbp.gov/ US Customs and Border Protection
http://www.commerce.gov/ Department of Commerce
http://www.cybercrime.gov Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section DOJ
http://www.epa.gov/ Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.europol.eu.int/ European Union Law Enforcement Agency
http://www.fbi.gov/ Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fcc.gov/ Federal Communications Commission
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html U.S. Supreme Court Cases
http://www.firstgov.com General Service Administration Website
http://www.fletc.gov Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
http://www.fletc.gov/legal Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Legal Division
http://www.gao.gov/ U.S. General Accounting Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html Federal Register
http://www.gsa.gov/ U.S. General Services Administration
http://www.internets.com/slegal.htm Law Databases
http://www.law.com/ Law.com
http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
http://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov The Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.treas.gov/irs/ci IRS Criminal Investigation
http://www.treas.gov/usss/ Secret Service
http://www.uni‑wuerzburg.de/law/index.html International Constitutional Law
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/ U.S. Marshals Service
http://www.usps.gov/ U.S. Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/postalinspectors/welcome2.htm U.S. Postal Inspection Service
http://www.ustreas.gov/ Department of Treasury
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ White House
News Services
http://www.apbonline.com/ APB Online
http://www.ap.org/ Associated Press
http://www.cnn.com/ CNN Interactive
http://www.mediafinder.com/ Media Data Research Service
Ports and Harbors
http://www.aapa-ports.org American Association of Port Authorities
http://www.freightworld.com/ports.html Directory of Shipping Companies
http://www.mpcnetwork.com/marinersinfo/charts/index.html A Marine Industry Directory
http://www.seaportsinfo.com/ Ports in the Western hemisphere
Publications (Information/Technology Related)
http://www.nlectc.org/txtfiles/policetech.html Evolution and Development of Police Tech
http://www.fcw.com/ Federal Computer Week
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/truncation Information on Check 21
http://www.govtech.net/ Government Technology
http://www.law-enforcement.com/ Law Enforcement Product News
http://www.lawtechnews.com/r4/home.cgi Law Technology News
http://www.letonline.com/ Law Enforcement Technology
http://www.nlectc.org/ NLECTC Technology News Summary
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
http://www.zdnet.com/ ZDNet
www.urban.org/nnip/pdf/indispen.pdf Indispensable Information – Data Collection and Information Mgmt for Healthier Communities
Statistics
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/ Government Information Sharing Project
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ U.S. Office of Highway Safety
http://stats.bls.gov/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/Statistics.asp NCJRS Statistics Publications
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook Sourcebook of CJ Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/ U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.census.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.crime.org/ Grass Roots
http://www.jrsa.org/ibrrc/ JRSA’s Incident-based Reporting Resource Ctr
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.peachnet.edu/galileo/internet/census/demograp.html Demographics and Census Data
http://www.prb.org/ Population Reference Bureau
http://www.stat-usa.gov/ Stat-USA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html Economic Statistics Briefing Room
Terrorism Websites
http://www.globalterrorism.com/ Links to Global Terrorism Sites
http://www.mostwanted.org/Terrorists.html World's most Wanted Terrorists
http://www.terrorism.com Terrorism Research Center
http://www.terrorism.net Counter Terrorism Page
http://www.terrorismanswers.com Council on Foreign Relations
Technical Assistance Providers (Technology Related)
http://www.mitretek.org/home.nsf/CriminalJustice/CCJTSite Center for Criminal Justice Technology
http://www.ctg.albany.edu/ Center for Technology in Government
http://www.ilj.org/ Institute for Law and Justice
http://www.nlectc.org/ Natl Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
http://www.oletc.org/ Office of Law Enforcement Technology
http://www.iir.com/riss Regional Info Sharing Systems Program
http://it.ojp.gov/topic.jsp?topic_id=29 Technical Assistance
Training (Analyst-specific)
http://www.alphagroupcenter.com/ Alpha Group
http://www.anacapasciences.com/ Anacapa Sciences
http://www.csus.edu/ Cal State Crime & Intel Analysis Certif Program
http://www.cpc.gc.ca/ Canadian Police College
http://www.nlectc.org/ Natl Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
http://www.policetraining.net/ Police Training Calendar
http://www.riohondo.edu/leo/ Rio Hondo Crime Mapping
Please contact me with any changes, additions, or deletions.  Vernon Wallace, (Ret) Lieutenant Sacramento Sheriff's Department
vernonw@sac.sticare.com
updated 05/05/05