Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Sleuthing out Burnaby's hot spots

Sleuthing out Burnaby's hot spots is a great article highlighting real-world efforts to effectively use crime analysis in crime reduction initiatives.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Crime Mapping Evolution - 10 Trends Driving More Effective Law Enforcement

Crime Mapping Evolution - 10 Trends Driving More Effective Law Enforcement

Thanks to John Markovic for posting this link on the geography-and-crime@googlegroups.com listserv.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Information Sharing: Exploring the Intersection of Policing with National and Military Intelligence

Information Sharing: Exploring the Intersection of Policing with National and Military Intelligence, by Gary Cordner and Kathryn Scarborough, from HOMELAND SECURITY AFFAIRS, VOLUME VI, NO. 1 (JANUARY 2010) WWW.HSAJ.ORG.

"This article explores the intersection of (1) policing and police intelligence with (2) national intelligence and military intelligence. The premise is that for more than 150 years, prior to the events of September 11, 2001, police intelligence had little connection to national or military intelligence. Basically, national intelligence focused on serious world-wide political and economic threats to the nation’s well-being; military intelligence focused specifically on military threats to the national security; the police focused their intelligence work on criminals who posed threats to individuals and local communities. A fairly clear division of labor was in place, based largely on the type and scale of threats.

Since 9/11, however, it has become plausible that a small group of non-state actors, such as terrorists, could launch a serious attack against the nation using weapons of mass destruction, or even small arms, as in Mumbai. These individuals might live in a local U.S. community or halfway across the world, yet plan and execute a massive and violent attack against a local U.S. community. They might also commit ordinary crimes to help finance their larger intentions. In this new context of terrorism and asymmetric threats, a local police department might develop intelligence of significant interest to national and military intelligence, or vice versa.

Important historical, conceptual, and policy issues associated with the intersection of national, military, and police intelligence are discussed more fully elsewhere.1 This article presents the results of a small-scale study in which subject matter experts were asked to respond to several scenarios related to intelligence and information sharing, asking both what should happen and what would actually happen." Read more...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

As Cellular Service Expands in Subways, Thefts Rise

As Cellular Service Expands in Subways, Thefts Rise

Here's an article that may be helpful to some crime analysts...as well of any of you that own a smart phone.

The Future of Policing (and the future of analytical products)

This Youtube video was posted on The Crime Map blog by James Gunter. I think all analysts should watch it!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

PROBLEM SOLVING AND INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING An Analytical Point of View

PROBLEM SOLVING AND INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING An Analytical Point of View is a paper by April Lee, Fort Pierce Police Department, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Analyst Academy Class X, June 2008.