Council hears Police Department rationale for hiring crime analysts

Council hears Police Department rationale for hiring crime analysts

An agency sees the value of analysts as force multipliers....

Future Crimes Blog

Future Crimes: Anticipating Tomorrow's Crimes Today is an interesting site. Check it out! Analysts should be prepared to detect new crime trends, even if they seem to be far off in the future....

Ordinary Measures, Extraordinary Results: An Assessment of Foiled Plots Since 9/11

Ordinary Measures, Extraordinary Results: An Assessment of Foiled Plots Since 9/11

"This report analyzes 32 attacks that were thwarted since 9/11 to determine which factors led to the plots’ successful disruption. The report finds that in the majority of cases, traditional law enforcement techniques and methods developed prior to 9/11, direct and indirect action by concerned citizens, and international law enforcement cooperation contributed significantly to identifying terrorists and preventing attacks. It also finds that post-9/11 legislation and methods were instrumental in disrupting terror plots in only a relatively small number of cases." Read more....

Making the Analytic Review Process Work

Making the Analytic Review Process Work: Toward a Stronger Intelligence Product by Martin Petersen

This article applies to national intelligence products and process, but by reading this we can get some ideas for law enforcement intelligence products and process as well. Why do we have so little review of our products in local level crime and intelligence analysis? I have some answers, but what do you think?

Blog Update

I am no longer going to be looking actively for things to post on this blog. If I run across an article or resource appropriate to the blog, I will post it. I encourage my students to explore the blog for resources and information about crime and intelligence analysis. Thank you readers, for visiting this site. Keep up the good work in developing the profession!

Whodunnit? An article about Profiling

Whodunnit? Criminal profilers were once the heroes of police work, nailing offenders with their astonishing psychological insights. So why did it all fall apart?

Interesting....

Japan’s Elderly Crime Triples on Isolation, Economy

Japan’s Elderly Crime Triples on Isolation, Economy
Worth reading - we usually read about crime against the elderly, not the elderly committing crime. Will this be a trend in the future in the U.S.?

DHS I&A Chief Outlines New Vision; Lawmakers Skeptical

DHS I&A Chief Outlines New Vision; Lawmakers Skeptical

Interesting!

500 euro notes withdrawn over organised crime fears

500 euro notes withdrawn over organised crime fears

This is a great example of an anti-crime strategy that does not involve apprehension of criminals.

Arrests for burglaries are up, but the crimes have gone down

Arrests for burglaries are up, but the crimes have gone down

"Strickland credits the agency’s action plan, which includes more crime analysis and mapping, visits to every burglary scene by detectives, a revamped pawn shop database and a reward fund." Read more....

Modern-day Rapunzel charged with 50 break-ins

Modern-day Rapunzel charged with 50 break-ins

Read the whole article...

Techniques You Can Take Home

Techniques You Can Take Home is a handout by by Christopher Bruce that may give you a few good ideas if you are a working analyst....

Focus: Cleveland missing persons list now available online

Focus: Cleveland missing persons list now available online

Sometimes the simplest things a crime analysis unit can do make a lot of sense and prove quite useful to the community.