Law Enforcement Intelligence - COPS

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Table of contents

- Front Cover (Page 1)
- Letter from the COPS Office (Page 5)
- Preface (Page 7)
- Acknowledgments (Page 9)
- Executive Summary (Page 11)
- Contents (Page 15)
- Chapter 1: Introduction (Page 25)
- Introduction (Page 27)
- Perspective (Page 29)
- Conclusion (Page 30)
- Chapter 2: Understanding Contemporary Intelligence for Law Enforcement Organizations: Concepts and Definitions (Page 31)
- Defining Intelligence (Page 34)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 35)
- Homeland Security (All-Hazards) Intelligence (Page 38)
- National Security Intelligence (Page 39)
- Emerging Intelligence Initiatives Associated with Homeland Security/All-Hazards Intelligence (Page 43)
- Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise (Page 43)
- Medical Intelligence: Protecting the Public Health (Page 44)
- Gang Intelligence (Page 45)
- What Is a Gang? (Page 46)
- National Gang Intelligence Center (Page 47)
- Conclusion (Page 48)
- Chapter Annex 2-1: Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Intelligence Case Study (Page 49)
- Threats Posed by Zebra Mussels (Page 49)
- Chapter 3: A Brief History of Law Enforcement Intelligence: Past Practice and Recommendations for Change (Page 53)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence: The Years of Evolution (Page 55)
- Congressional Inquiries into Intelligence Activities (Page 58)
- National Crime Commissions and New Initiatives Influencing the Evolution of State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 60)
- The Commissions and their Purpose (Page 60)
- The National Crime Commissions and Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 62)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Initiatives in the Post-9/11 Environment (Page 67)
- Collateral Developments (Page 73)
- Implications (Page 75)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence at the State, Local, and Tribal Levels (Page 76)
- Conclusion (Page 77)
- Chapter 4: The Intelligence Process (Cycle) for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement (Page 79)
- Planning and Direction (Page 83)
- Collection (Page 86)
- Processing/Collation (Page 88)
- Analysis (Page 92)
- Dissemination (Page 93)
- Reevaluation (Page 97)
- Conclusion (Page 97)
- Chapter Annex 4-1: Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Cycle (Page 98)
- The FBI Intelligence Cycle (Page 98)
- Chapter 5: The Concept of Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) (Page 101)
- Conceptual Foundations (Page 103)
- Defining ILP (Page 104)
- Fundamental Perspectives on the History of ILP: The British Experience (Page 106)
- Perspective 1: The Current State of American Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 106)
- Perspective 2: The British National Intelligence Model and Challenges in Adapting It to U.S. Law Enforcement (Page 108)
- Comparing U.S. and U.K. Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 110)
- ILP And Community Policing, Problem Solving, and CompStat (Page 110)
- Comparing ILP and CompStat (Page 112)
- Ethical Issues (Page 115)
- Civil Rights and ILP (Page 115)
- Public Education (Page 116)
- Community Members as Law Enforcement Volunteers (Page 117)
- Chapter 6: Developing and Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing (Page 121)
- Establishing a Framework for Strategic Priorities and Information Processing: The Information Management Plan (Page 124)
- The Information Management Plan (Page 126)
- Establishing Strategic Priorities for
Intelligence-Led Policing (Page 126)
- Intelligence Requirements (Page 131)
- Collection Plan (Page 131)
- Analysis (Page 132)
- Intelligence Products (Page 132)
- Operational Responses (Page 133)
- Review of the Process (Page 133)
- Summary (Page 134)
- Organizational Infrastructure for ILP (Page 134)
- Commitment (Page 135)
- Partnerships (Page 136)
- Information-Sharing Processes (Page 141)
- Operational Plan (Page 142)
- Analytic Capability (Page 142)
- Tactical and Strategic Response Alternatives (Page 143)
- Next Steps: Implementation (Page 144)
- The Implementation Starting Point (Page 146)
- Conclusion (Page 149)
- Chapter Annex 6-1:
Community Education Handout (Page 152)
- Wichita State University
Regional Community Policing Institute (Page 152)
- Chapter 7: Civil Rights and Privacy in the
Law Enforcement Intelligence Process (Page 153)
- Privacy and Civil Rights: A Foundation (Page 157)
- Increased Scrutiny of Law Enforcement Intelligence: The Challenge of Balancing Civil Liberties and Community Safety (Page 158)
- Lawsuits and Decrees Related to Law Enforcement Intelligence Activities (Page 161)
- Civil Rights Example: First Amendment Free Expression—Two Views (Page 167)
- The Need for More Controls of Intelligence Inquiries than Criminal Investigations40 (Page 169)
- Maintaining Privacy in the Intelligence Process (Page 170)
- 28 CFR Part 23 – Criminal Intelligence Operating Policies (Page 173)
- Federal Civil Rights Liability and Intelligence55 (Page 179)
- Providing a Transparent Process (Page 182)
- Steps to Ensure Protection of Citizens’ Civil Rights (Page 184)
- Conclusion (Page 187)
- Chapter Annex 7-1:
Protecting Civil Rights and Immunizing an Agency from Liability in the Law Enforcement Intelligence Process (Page 188)
- Chapter 8: The Intelligence Fusion Process (Page 191)
- Historical Perspective (Page 193)
- Refining the Fusion Center Concept (Page 195)
- Baseline Capabilities for Intelligence Fusion Centers (Page 198)
- What Is Intelligence Fusion? (Page 199)
- Why Fusion Centers? (Page 201)
- Fusion Centers and the Crime Laboratory: An Analogy (Page 203)
- Fusion Centers and the Information Sharing Environment (Page 204)
- Operationalizing the Fusion Process (Page 205)
- Is there a Role for the Private Sector? (Page 207)
- Concerns About Fusion Centers (Page 208)
- Fusion Centers and Civil Rights Issues (Page 212)
- Developing the Fusion Center (Page 214)
- Outputs of the Fusion Center (Page 217)
- Conclusion (Page 219)
- Chapter Annex 8-1: Developing a Memorandum of Understanding71 (Page 220)
- Chapter Annex 8-2: Common Terrorism Information-Sharing Standards Program (Page 223)
- Program Manager/Information-Sharing Environment (Page 223)
- Chapter 9: Developing Public-Private Partnerships for
Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 225)
- Background and Perspective (Page 228)
- U.S. National Standards and Recommendations for Public-Private Partnerships (Page 229)
- P3I and the Intelligence Process (Page 232)
- The Information-Sharing Environment
and the Private Sector (Page 233)
- Fundamental Principles of Public-Private Partnerships for Intelligence (Page 235)
- Types of Partnerships (Page 237)
- Obstacles to Law Enforcement-Private Partnerships (Page 240)
- Two Critical Issues to Resolve: Sharing Criminal Information and Private Proprietary Information (Page 242)
- Developing a Successful Public-Private Partnership
for Intelligence (Page 244)
- InfraGard (Page 247)
- Security/Police Information Network:
Nassau County, New York (Page 249)
- Homeland Security, Information-Sharing, and the Private Sector (Page 251)
- Critical Infrastructure Sector Partnership (Page 252)
- Special Note: Terrorism Early Warning Group (Page 254)
- Conclusion (Page 255)
- Chapter Annex 9-1:
Public-Private Partnership Exercise (Page 256)
- Sudden Impact: Threat Planning for Infectious Disease in Cattle (Page 256)
- Chapter 10: Managing Information: A Closer Look at Suspicious Activity Reports, Intelligence Requirements, Collection, Analysis, and Products (Page 259)
- Suspicious Activity Reporting (Page 261)
- Suspicious Activity Reporting for a
Law Enforcement Agency (Page 262)
- Suspicious Activity Reporting Processes (Page 264)
- SARs and Personal Identifying Information (Page 267)
- Establishing Controls on Suspicious Activity Reports/Information (Page 267)
- Policy Recommendations for Developing and Managing a Suspicious Activity Reporting System (Page 269)
- The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (Page 270)
- Summary (Page 272)
- Intelligence Requirements (Page 275)
- Filling Gaps/Fulfilling Requirements (Page 276)
- Applying the Concept to Law Enforcement (Page 278)
- Comparing Intelligence Requirements
and Crime Analysis (Page 278)
- Requirements and Strategic Priorities (Page 279)
- Typologies of Requirements (Page 280)
- Requirements and Criminal Evidence (Page 282)
- Summary (Page 283)
- Collection (Page 283)
- Collecting Information from Corrections Agencies (Page 285)
- Summary (Page 285)
- Analysis (Page 286)
- Analytic Tools (Page 290)
- Predictive Analysis (Page 294)
- Critical Variables for the Analysis of a Threat (Page 295)
- Summary (Page 296)
- Intelligence Outputs and Products (Page 296)
- Practices to Avoid with Intelligence Products (Page 300)
- Summary (Page 301)
- Conclusion (Page 301)
- Chapter 11: Open Source Information and Intelligence: A Perspective for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (Page 305)
- Understanding “Open Source” (Page 307)
- Why Is there Value in Open Source Information? (Page 307)
- Definitions and Categories (Page 308)
- Source of First Resort (Page 309)
- National Initiatives: The National Open Source Enterprise (Page 311)
- Open Source and Law Enforcement Intelligence (Tradecraft) (Page 313)
- Law Enforcement Applications of Open Source (Page 314)
- Open Sources and Civil Rights (Page 315)
- Attribution and Copyrighted Materials in the Intelligence Process and Reports (Page 318)
- Metrics for Open Source Use (Page 320)
- Open Source Content for the Intelligence Process (Page 320)
- Open Source Information Identifying People and Organizations from Subscription Services and the Media (Page 321)
- The Social Networking Concept and Issues for Open Source (Page 322)
- Newsletters and Blogs (Page 323)
- Wikis (Page 325)
- RSS Feeds (Page 325)
- Gray Literature (Page 326)
- The Deep Web (Page 326)
- The Underground Web (Page 330)
- A Broadened Perspective of Open Source for Law Enforcement (Page 331)
- Homeland Security Intelligence and
Open Sources (Page 332)
- Open Source Processes and Protocols (Page 333)
- Using an Open Source Collection Plan (Page 333)
- Techniques and Tools (Page 334)
- The Need to Determine Accuracy, Reliability, and Validity (Page 335)
- Avoiding Traffic Analysis: Becoming Anonymous
on the Web (Page 336)
- The Investment in Critical Thought and Time (Page 338)
- Conclusion (Page 338)
- Chapter Annex 11-1: Eclectic Web Sites Sometimes Found Useful for Intelligence (Page 339)
- Chapter Annex 11-2: The Pre-Search Development Plan (Page 341)
- Chapter 12: Federal and National Law Enforcement Intelligence
Resources, Networks, and Systems (Page 343)
- What Is Needed to Start? (Page 346)
- Federal and National Law Enforcement
Intelligence Resources (Page 346)
- Classified Information (Page 347)
- Security Clearances for SLTLE Personnel (Page 350)
- Sensitive but Unclassified and Controlled Unclassified Information (Page 352)
- Sensitive but Unclassified Information (Page 353)
- Controlled Unclassified Information (Page 354)
- Summary (Page 358)
- Federal and National Intelligence Resources
and Products (Page 359)
- Department of Justice— Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program31 (Page 360)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Initiatives40 (Page 366)
- Terrorist Screening Center41 (Page 370)
- Law Enforcement Online42 (Page 371)
- Guardian and eGuardian (Page 372)
- Department of Homeland Security
Intelligence and Analysis Directorate (Page 372)
- Homeland Security–State and Local Intelligence Community of Interest (HS SLIC) (Page 375)
- National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)50 (Page 375)
- Regional Information Sharing System (Page 377)
- RISS.NET (Page 378)
- Drug Enforcement Administration58 (Page 380)
- El Paso Intelligence Center62 (Page 381)
- National Drug Intelligence Center63 (Page 382)
- High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas65 (Page 383)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives68 (Page 384)
- Federal Protective Service Secure Portal70 (Page 385)
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network72 (Page 385)
- High-Risk Money Laundering and Related Financial Crimes Areas73 (Page 387)
- Gateway (Page 387)
- International Justice and Public Safety Network74 (Page 388)
- Accelerated Information Sharing for Law Enforcement (Page 388)
- Operation Archangel and the Automated Critical Asset Management System (Page 388)
- Constellation/Automated Critical Asset Management System (Page 390)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit82 (Page 390)
- Information Sharing (Page 391)
- International Criminal Police Organization83 (Page 391)
- Summary (Page 392)
- A Summary of Selected Intelligence Networks and Applications (Page 393)
- SBU/CUI Networks (Page 393)
- SBU/CUI Network Applications (Page 395)
- Conclusion (Page 395)
- Chapter 13: Management and Human Resource Issuesfor the Intelligence Function (Page 397)
- A Checklist of Considerations in Developing or Reengineering the Law Enforcement Intelligence Capacity (Page 400)
- Administration and Management (Page 400)
- Develop the Intelligence Unit’s Infrastructure (Page 402)
- Staffing (Page 404)
- Training (Page 404)
- Information Management and Information-Sharing (Page 405)
- Implementation and Assessment (Page 407)
- Developing the Concept of Operations (Page 407)
- Contents of a Concept of Operations (Page 409)
- The ConOps Next Step (Page 415)
- Implementing and Managing
the Intelligence Structure (Page 415)
- Establishing an Organizational Framework (Page 415)
- Chartering an Intelligence Unit (Page 416)
- Auditing the Intelligence Function (Page 419)
- Establishing and Managing Partnerships (Page 420)
- Sources for Intelligence Management and
Resource Trends (Page 421)
- Human Resource Issues (Page 422)
- Staffing (Page 422)
- Training (Page 424)
- Categories of Currently Available
Intelligence Training Programs (Page 428)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
Center for Intelligence Studies29 (Page 428)
- Drug Enforcement Administration30 (Page 428)
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Page 429)
- Other Programs and Training Resources (Page 429)
- Intelligence Courses in Higher Education (Page 429)
- Conclusion (Page 430)
- Chapter Annex 13-1
10 Simple Steps to Help Your Agency Become Part of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan40 (Page 431)
- Chapter Annex 13-2
Why Law Enforcement Agencies Need an Analytic Function41 (Page 433)
- Chapter 14: Summary, Conclusions, and Next Steps (Page 435)
- Challenges for the Future (Page 438)
- Implementing Change: The R-Cubed Approach5 (Page 439)
- Reassessing (Page 440)
- Refocusing (Page 440)
- Reallocating (Page 441)
- Conclusion (Page 441)
- Figures/Tables (Page 443)
- Figures (Page 445)
- Tables (Page 447)
- Bibliography/Appendixes (Page 449)
- Bibliography (Page 451)
- Appendix A: Glossary of Terms for Law Enforcement Intelligence (Page 461)
- Appendix B: Intelligence Unit Management Audit (Page 477)
- Audit Criteria for the Law Enforcement Intelligence Function Version 2.0 (Page 477)
- Appendix C:
LEIU Audit Checklist for the Criminal Intelligence Function (Page 489)
- Appendix D: About the Author (Page 495)
- Back Cover
(Page 496)