Tom Davis

Tom retired from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in October of 2006. He was hired to establish a computer forensic unit for TBI. The unit had the responsibility of the computer forensics for most of the Law Enforcement agencies in the state of Tennessee. As the lead Computer Evidence Specialist, he purchased both the computer systems and the software utilized by this unit. He led the unit, assigning projects to other employees within the unit, and was also responsible for maintaining their budget.  He provided both orientation and on-the-job training of specific data processing issues to new employees. During the first four and one half years the unit analyzed approximately 1000 systems. Tom analyzed numerous computers relating to electronic evidence stored on various computer systems, software applications, and operating systems, relating to various violations of the law, including, but not limited to death investigations, financial investigations, child pornography, public corruption, identity theft, credit card theft, and gambling, being investigated by TBI.

Prior to Tom’s employment with the TBI, he was a Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. While serving with the IRS, he was assigned to the Little Rock Arkansas and the Nashville Tennessee posts of duty. During this service as a Special Agent he conducted numerous investigations of income tax, money laundering, and related violations of the United States Code. Tom was also a Computer Investigative Specialist (CIS), having received specialized training in Seized Computer Evidence Recovery (SCER) from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, and having performed computer evidence recovery for the Criminal Investigation Division for eight years. He also received training from the University of North Texas, and various other professional training classes.

Within the scope of his duties as a CIS, Tom conducted numerous investigations into electronic evidence stored on various computer systems, software applications, and operating systems, relating to income tax, money laundering, Medicaid fraud, and related violations of the United States Code. Tom also designed, wrote and taught training classes relating in computer evidence recovery to other CIS Special Agents.

Tom retired from the United States Government with approximately 29-years of service. After retirement, he contracted with the United States Secret Service to teach the SCER training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He taught five different classes to Special Agents and Law Enforcement Officers from the US Secret Service, US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Internal Affairs, US Postal Service, US Customs Service US Internal Revenue Service and state and local agencies.