MSU Center for Cybercrime Investigation & Training Hosting First Training

January 7, 2025

The Michigan State University Center for Cybercrime Investigation and Training, housed within the MSU School of Criminal Justice, is hosting their first training on January 10, 2025. The training, created specifically for the State of Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), will aid the MDOC in responding to increased cyber threats by focusing on contemporary solutions, offender and victim characteristics, investigative methods and forms of community support.

Dr. Tom Holt, Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center says that the Center was created specifically to address the growing needs of government agencies to combat cybercrime, saying "technology has transformed crime on and offline. These trainings will help agencies across the state improve their capacity to respond to cybercrime and technology use in all manner of offenses.”

To fulfill its mission of combating cybercrime’s impact on citizens, businesses, and governments, the Center provides free training and resources to criminal justice agencies that are accredited through the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES).

This Center was established to combat the continuing rise in cybercrime and has received $1 million in community project funds thanks to the work of the offices of Sen. Gary Peters and Rep. Elissa Slotkin. Throughout 2025, Dr. Holt says that the Center hopes to grow in size to accommodate increased demand for cyber-related trainings. The Center is currently planning their 2nd training to take place in late-February.