Some of the topics are very relevant, and the BJA does a splendid job pulling together this sort of thinking, but a whole bunch of time is spent on the same tired topics of 'community policing' and the intelligence cycle. I wonder who the "subject matter experts" were...?
I was glad to see there is a document out there that addressed ILP from a leadership standpoint. The document indicates there are no standard models for implementing ILP. This is one huge problem because it allows law enforcement leaders to implement their own, often-misguided interpretation of "ILP." What is needed are at least some researched and tested ILP models for law enforcement leaders to follow.
ILP is really a business model, more than anything. Central to it is this: are you getting the job done? Have you prevented crimes? Have you reduced crime? Have you made an impact on the criminal environment? In theory, having so many police businesses in the US, if they were to try their hand at ILP, the best businesses should emerge, those who are successful, and then we all can learn from them. But we have to allow leaders to fail in order to encourage the creativity and ownership of leaders in general. Until they own ILP, there won't be ILP.
I'm so glad that you, Dr. Ratcliffe, and others are describing it as a business model. Some very basic concepts about this type of model have not yet been sufficiently grasped within law enforcement. For example, the senior intelligence officer in a law enforcement agency always sits somewhere far down the organizational chart. Since ILP is a business model, wouldn't it make sense for him/her to be a member of staff as it is in the military model? This would allow him/her to better perform their role of influencing decision-making. PS. Sorry about the deleted comments. I'm obviously new to the blog.
I believe that collaboration between analysts and leaders will be mandatory in the future of law enforcement, and that senior intelligence analysts, and crime analysts, will become leaders themselves someday. Now, the question is when? Not very soon. That is unfortunate for our citizens.
Some of the topics are very relevant, and the BJA does a splendid job pulling together this sort of thinking, but a whole bunch of time is spent on the same tired topics of 'community policing' and the intelligence cycle. I wonder who the "subject matter experts" were...?
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ReplyDeleteI was glad to see there is a document out there that addressed ILP from a leadership standpoint.
ReplyDeleteThe document indicates there are no standard models for implementing ILP. This is one huge problem because it allows law enforcement leaders to implement their own, often-misguided interpretation of "ILP." What is needed are at least some researched and tested ILP models for law enforcement leaders to follow.
ILP is really a business model, more than anything. Central to it is this: are you getting the job done? Have you prevented crimes? Have you reduced crime? Have you made an impact on the criminal environment? In theory, having so many police businesses in the US, if they were to try their hand at ILP, the best businesses should emerge, those who are successful, and then we all can learn from them. But we have to allow leaders to fail in order to encourage the creativity and ownership of leaders in general. Until they own ILP, there won't be ILP.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you, Dr. Ratcliffe, and others are describing it as a business model. Some very basic concepts about this type of model have not yet been sufficiently grasped within law enforcement. For example, the senior intelligence officer in a law enforcement agency always sits somewhere far down the organizational chart. Since ILP is a business model, wouldn't it make sense for him/her to be a member of staff as it is in the military model? This would allow him/her to better perform their role of influencing decision-making. PS. Sorry about the deleted comments. I'm obviously new to the blog.
ReplyDeleteI believe that collaboration between analysts and leaders will be mandatory in the future of law enforcement, and that senior intelligence analysts, and crime analysts, will become leaders themselves someday. Now, the question is when? Not very soon. That is unfortunate for our citizens.
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