Law Enforcement Intelligence

Intro to Intelligence

International Association For Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts

IALEIA

Believes that Intelligence is an analytical meaning. Deriving meaning from fact

International Association of Crime Analysts

IACA

Believes that intel is a process, techniques and products

International Association of Chiefs of Police

IACP

believes that intel is the combination of credible into with quality analysis

“Bunch of stuff that has meaning”

FBI Definition

Info about those who would would do harm

Both raw and finished Intelligence 

What is Raw Information?

Information collected from a single source and quickly evaluated

EX: Ticket stub, dry cleaning receipt

Finished Intelligence?

Fully Analyzed and evaluated information. Usually based on raw information that has been collected from raw information and then analyzed

Intelligence vs Evidence

You cannot collect intelligence, but you can collect evidence

Who is Law Enforcement Evidence For?

Court or Jury to tie a bad guy to a crime and convict

What are the 3 differences between law enforcement intelligence and law enforcement investigation?

1. Objective

2. Components

3. As a process

What are some objectives for law enforcement investigation?

Arrest of bad guy, seizure of stolen goods, case closure

What are some objectives for law enforcement intelligence?

Planning, decision maker uncertainty, action, prevention

What are some components of law enforcement investigation?

Source known, investigator known, methods disclosed, domestic jurisdiction

What are some components of law enforcement intelligence?

source protected (secrecy), investigators anonymous, methods not disclosed (secrecy) national or foreign jurisdiction

What are some processes of law enforcement investigations?

It is reactive, wants to identify suspects, crime related, discloses files, wants to end up in court

What are some processes of law enforcement intelligence?

It is proactive, uses indicators/trends of criminal activity, not always crime related, files protected don’t want bad guys to know how we got the info), non-court

Law Enforcement Intelligence is not …

Illegal, Subterfuge (can’t trick you), Provocateur (Can’t convince you)

Subterfuge

Can’t trick you to do something illegal

Provocateur

Can’t convince you to do something illegal

What are the 5 types of law enforcement intelligence?

1. Crime

2. Intelligence

3. Operations

4. investigatory

5. Geospatial

What is Crime Analysis?

Who is doing what to whom? (crime against people and property)

What is Intelligence Analysis?

Who is doing what with whom? focuses on relationships with different criminals. “How are they connected?”

What is Investigative Analysis?

Criminal Behavior Analysis (weirdo Crimes). Does not answer who is doing it, but why they are doing it. Create a personality profile

What is Geospatial Analysis?

Using geographic information systems (GIS) in combination with
crime analysis techniques to focus on the spatial context of criminal
activity. “Where are the crimes happening?”

Operational Analysis?

use of internal resources. “When should police officers be patrolling a certain area? How best can we protect?”