About Tradecraft Training
Our Vision: Teach our Tradecraft
Tradecraft Training was established by practicing law enforcement with a simple vision: To equip law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and investigative professionals with the real-world skills and knowledge needed to succeed in today’s fast-evolving digital and criminal landscapes.
Our instructors are experienced practitioners with years of experience in law enforcement, who bring new-age strategies, techniques and case based learning into every training. Whether you’re tackling social media investigations, working with Apple, Google, or cell providers, our mission is to give you tools that you can use the very next day on the job.
We don’t just teach theory, we teach tradecraft.
Each course is designed to bridge the gap between traditional policing and modern technology. From webinars to in-person instruction, we emphasize practical application, current case law, and proven investigative methods that get results in court.
Our Instructors
Aaron Edens is an Intelligence Analyst with a metropolitan county Sheriff’s Office and a retired Hayward Police Officer, where he spent over half his career in the Intelligence Unit. He previously served on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—International Terrorism/Middle Eastern Organized Crime Squad and worked multiple OCDETF cases involving electronic surveillance. A forensic cellular examiner since 2005, he has completed thousands of mobile device investigations and is a court-recognized expert in multiple states. Mr. Edens was named California Narcotics Officers’ Association Instructor of the Year in 2020 and 2022 and regularly teaches for the California POST Institute of Criminal Investigation.
Tim Gooler is a Property Crimes Detective with a Northern California law enforcement agency. He has over 10 years of law enforcement experience, and routinely conducts digital, technology based, and social media investigations, which have resulted in the seizure of pounds of controlled substances, dozens of firearms, and over half a million dollars in seizures. He is additionally a forensic examiner for cellular devices. He instructs social media and technology based investigations for CNOA, HIDTA, Robert Presley ICI, and at conferences nationwide. He is the recipient of the California Robbery Investigations Officer of the Year Award, and the International Financial Crimes Investigator’s Association Officer of the Year (1st Runner Up).
Our Instructors
Aaron Edens is the owner of Tradecraft Training. Mr. Edens is an Intelligence Analyst with the Northern California HIDTA. He retired as a Police Officer from the Hayward Police Department where he had been assigned to the Intelligence Unit. Mr. Edens was previously assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force-International Terrorism/Middle Eastern Organized Crime Squad and several OCDETF cases. He has been a certified Forensic Examiner for Cellular Devices since 2005 and has completed thousands of investigations involving mobile devices.
Tim Gooler is a Property Crimes Detective with a Northern California law enforcement agency. He has over 10 years of law enforcement experience, and routinely conducts digital, technology based, and social media investigations, which have resulted in the seizure of pounds of controlled substances, dozens of firearms, and over half a million dollars in seizures. He is additionally a forensic examiner for cellular devices. He is the recipient of the California Robbery Investigations Officer of the Year Award, and the International Financial Crimes Investigator’s Association Officer of the Year (1st Runner Up).
Our Success Thus Far
We have provided training since 2018 to Law Enforcement Investigators, Analysts and Prosecutors throughout the United States and beyond:
We have provided training since 2018 to Law Enforcement Investigators, Analysts and Prosecutors throughout the United States and beyond: