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Written by Megan Depper

NetWatch analyst Megan Depper explains what the new social media app BeReal is, and how it will impact OSINT investigations

Written by Jessica Allen

New Guidance issued from the NPCC makes the Appendix D(b) obsolete, this should make it even easier to order crime reports through NetWatch and Rapid Police Reports.

Written by Megan Depper

NetWatch Analyst Megan Depper takes a look at the latest Online Nation report from OFCOM and summarises the relevant findings for OSINT intelligence & online investigation

Written by Jessica Allen

The Q2 police report turnaround time data is now available for 2022 - we continue to improve our tracking accuracy with this project and report insights

Written by Jessica Allen

Instructions on how to use the Crime Reports request feature within Rapid Police Reports

Written by Megan Depper

NetWatch analyst Megan Depper takes a look at what the Metaverse might mean for OSINT investigations

Written by Jessica Allen

The Q1 police report turnaround time data is now available for 2022 - we continue to improve our tracking accuracy with this project and report insights

Written by David Purcell

We crunched all the data collated from our investigations in 2021 to provide some insights

Written by Ed Proud

VSCO is an online site appearing more and more in the open source investigations being undertaken at NetWatch - This blog explains what it is and why its useful for OSINT

Written by Becky Davies

OSINT usage within criminal investigations has become more and more useful in recent years, however the wealth of information online has sometimes led to members of the public taking matters into thei...

Written by Jessica Allen

The Q4 police report turnaround time data is now available - we continue to improve our tracking accuracy with this project and report insights

Written by Ashleigh Barratt

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