OCTA 2009 EU ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT

OCTA 2009 EU ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT

This is "the fourth European Union Organised Crime Threat Assessment (2009 OCTA). The OCTA is a core product of the intelligence-led law enforcement concept and its drafting is one of Europol’s top priorities."

What's The Crime Rate?

What's The Crime Rate?

This blog post by Analyst Scott Dickson in The Crime Analysts' Blog is a very readable and relevant explanation.

Halloween Crime Analysis

Middletown PD using crime mapping to avoid Halloween problems

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Critical Thinking Resource: Serendip

About Serendip: Founded and with continuing support from Bryn Mawr College and the Bryn Mawr College TIDE pool.

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Are Dallas police correctly counting all burglaries?

Are Dallas police correctly counting all burglaries?

'Family values' of Mexico drug gang

'Family values' of Mexico drug gang

Inquiry fails to find single trafficker who forced anybody into prostitution

Inquiry fails to find single trafficker who forced anybody into prostitution

Interesting!

Men suspects in 4 break-ins at businesses

Men suspects in 4 break-ins at businesses

This news article recognizes a crime analyst as an important member of the problem-solving team.

In the News

The ramifications for policing analysts are quite interesting....

Global stance against organized crime is urged at Interpol conference

Interpol and U.N. Back ‘Global Policing Doctrine’

CNN Money Best Jobs 2009 - Intelligence Analyst ranks 9 in top 10!

Best Jobs in America

They are talking about federal jobs - but its still a good sign for analysts in policing. As the value of analysis is better understood, the demand for analysts will grow at all levels of public safety and security.

Tilley Awards 2009

Tilley Awards 2009

"The order of the top three entries submitted into the Tilley Awards 2009 competition was announced at the UK Problem Oriented Partnerships (POP) Conference..."

1st place: "The overall winning entry for 2009 is Operation Fragment: Operation Fragment is the Government Office South West regional winner. The project was set up by Avon and Somerset police to tackle a rise in metal thefts in Somerset particularly from schools, churches and other community buildings." See details here.

2nd place: "The Engage Team is the Government Office North West regional winner. This project was set up to consider why East Lancashire police's Eastern Division had higher numbers of children going missing from home for short periods of time than other parts of the force." See details here.

3rd place: "Hull Domestic Abuse Partnership also won this year's stand alone category, violence against women. The project was set up in September 2005 to tackle domestic violence in the city following research carried out by Citysafe CDRP to determine why the crime is often underreported and what could be done to improve the situation." See details here.