Sweeping changes have been made to training for thousands of student investigators to bring their work into the 21st century.
They include new information on how to track down suspects through social networking sites, where wanted people may reveal valuable clues.
Updated training exercises also examine how to gather the best information from computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
Senior officers have been forced to keep pace with the rapidly evolving online world to gather intelligence on suspects from street gangs to fraudsters.
Earlier this year escaped prisoner Craig Lynch mocked police with clues about his whereabouts on Facebook during four months on the run.
In London, detectives are examining posts on Facebook and Twitter relating to the murder of 17-year-old Marvin Henry during a suspected fight between rival gangs
Updated training exercises also examine how to gather the best information from computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
Senior officers have been forced to keep pace with the rapidly evolving online world to gather intelligence on suspects from street gangs to fraudsters.
Earlier this year escaped prisoner Craig Lynch mocked police with clues about his whereabouts on Facebook during four months on the run.
In London, detectives are examining posts on Facebook and Twitter relating to the murder of 17-year-old Marvin Henry during a suspected fight between rival gangs
Deputy Chief Constable Nick Gargan, acting head of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), said updated training is vital.
He said: ''This programme is a vital part of the career pathway for detectives and the new training covers sensitive areas of policing where limited guidance existed previously.
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