GENERAL RESOURCES
The following listing includes general publications and Web links geared to assist the law enforcement intelligence community.
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Common Competencies for State, Local, and Tribal Intelligence Analysts
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The Common Competencies for State, Local, and Tribal Intelligence Analysts identifies common analytic competencies that should be exhibited by state, local, and tribal intelligence analysts working in state or major urban area fusion centers or similar analytic law enforcement entities. These competencies are essential for analysts to effectively perform their job duties and are required in their unique operating environments.
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The Analyst’s Style Manual written by the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies is a product intended to assist student analysts with the many perplexing and complex rules they should follow in producing written intelligence products. The Manual includes rules and explanations for proper capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, italics, rules for effective intelligence writing, and a presentation style sheet.
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The Acronym List is a compilation of acronyms frequently utilized in the law enforcement and intelligence community.
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The manual Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps outlines a role in which the crime analyst invests heavily in seeking new responses to the policing problems that are diagnosed and participates directly in efforts to test and implement them. The most immediate goal of the manual is to help crime analysts to expand their function and thereby contribute to the effectiveness of their agency's operations. It is intended to contribute to the training of new crime analysts or problem-solvers, to increase their number, and to their development as a distinct and vital profession. The manual is divided into eight sections including Prepare Yourself, Learn About Problem-Oriented Policing, Study Environmental Criminology, Scan for Crime Problems, Analyze in Depth, Find a Practical Response, Assess the Impact, and Communicate Effectively. The manual prepares the analyst for this new role by providing basic knowledge of problem-oriented policing and the related fields of environmental criminology and situational crime prevention.
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TerroristWarning.com is a free public service which compiles headlines of interest to those concerned about terrorism, the war on terrorism, and anything which may pose a danger to citizens of the United States and its allies.
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The Markle Foundation aims to create an information network that prevents terrorism and protects the security of our homeland, while preserving the civil liberties that are a part of national values. The Markle Foundation works to realize this by accelerating the use of technologies to address critical public needs, particularly in the areas of health and national security. Over the past few years, the foundation has developed an approach to work that draws together multisectoral groups of leaders and innovators from technology, government, public interest organizations, and business in order to create strategic, sustainable solutions. The Markle Foundation leverages resources to structure and operate projects in cooperation with partners instead of working as a traditional grant-making organization
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The article Data Mining: Agencies Have Taken Key Steps to Protect Privacy in Selected Efforts, but Significant Compliance Issues Remain explores data mining efforts with a variety of purposes and uses and employs different data inputs and outputs. This article also explains the results for each of the five data mining efforts examined in the study. According to the article, while the agencies responsible for these five efforts took many of the key steps required by federal law and executive branch guidance for the protection of personal information, none followed all key procedures. Recommendations are also listed for each of the agencies responsible for the five data mining efforts to ensure that their efforts include adequate privacy and security protections.
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The Intelligence Is the Future Web page was established for a variety of law enforcement professions, including those with a focus on analysis, intelligence, research, and investigations. Additional products are available related to the intelligence community and the military. This page provides access to dozens of intelligence-related documents, PDF files, PowerPoint and Word documents, and HTML references that may be of interest to intelligence professionals in government and law enforcement at the local, county, state, tribal, and federal levels. Resources also are provided that cover law enforcement organizations and agencies and links on education and training.
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Cell phone towers are registered with the FCC. Cellreception.com has taken the information and compiled it into a searchable database. By viewing that information in Google Maps, a graphical interface is provided to see towers within the searched area.
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From this Web site, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms can be browsed. The DOD Dictionary and the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations master database are managed by the Joint Doctrine Division, J-7, Joint Staff. All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.
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The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice, is a cooperative effort between the state agencies hosting public sex offender registries and the federal government. This Web site is a search tool allowing a user to submit a single national query to obtain information about sex offenders through a number of search options including, but not limited to, name, city, state, and zip code.
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Google Earth combines mapping and local search to put the answers to the search questions in a geographical context. To do this, Google Earth combines MSN Search with the latest in mapping to create a new Web application built on Microsoft technology. Google Earth provides labeled aerial photos, multiple searches, and locations on the map.
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Docusearch investigates the identity, reputation, conduct, affiliations, associations, movements, and whereabouts of, but is not limited to, potential business partners, employees of questionable scruples, debtors, and even prospective spouses and relatives to be. Docusearch services include locating hidden assets, such as bank accounts, investments, real property and vehicles; locating criminal arrest and disposition records, professional disciplinary actions, and other indicators of moral turpitude; locating driver's license histories and automobile ownership records; finding witnesses, relatives, friends, or even lost loves; and finding the listed and unlisted numbers of telephones, pagers, cellular phones, and faxes.
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The World Factbook provides country profiles including, but not limited to, geography, people, government, economic information, maps, and flags for all countries.
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DataFerrett is a free tool that allows the intelligence personnel to explore data, create spreadsheet tables and graphs, and extract data from Web data sets worldwide. DataFerrett also allows the consumer to recode variables, generate graphics, compare statistics from different data sets, and create complex multiuniverse tables using simple drag-and-drop layout.
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The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. TRAC provides information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminstration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The purpose of TRAC is to provide the public, Congress, news organizations, public interest groups, businesses, scholars, and lawyers with comprehensive information about federal staffing, spending, and the enforcement activities of the federal government.
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The U.S. Census Bureau Web site provides an interactive database engine with survey information, census tract street locator, county business and zip business patterns, and international trade data. This Web site also provides QuickFacts that contains frequently requested U.S. Census Bureau information at the county, state, and national level. Mapping systems and search engines for name, place, and zip code systems, as well as downloadable software with census and survey information, can be found on the census Web site.
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This Web site provides links to numerous criminology and criminal justice Web sites, including, but not limited to, sites on federal justice agencies, police agencies and resources, forensics, and searchable law databases.
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This Web site contains the contact information for county courthouses across the nation.
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If searching for an agency, association, or drug name for an investigation, Acronym Finder provides a search tool for finding just what the acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
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Formerly, the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect, the Child Welfare Information Gateway collects, organizes, and disseminates information on all aspects of child maltreatment. It connects professionals and concerned citizens to information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) provides information about missing and exploited children; operates a CyberTipline to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation; provides technical assistance to individuals and law-enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases; assists the U.S. Department of State in certain cases of international child abduction; distributes photographs and descriptions of missing children; coordinates child-protection efforts with the private sector; networks with nonprofit service providers and state clearinghouses about missing-persons cases; provides information about effective state legislation to help in the protection of children; and offers training programs to law enforcement and social service professionals.
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International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
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The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) aims to enhance the general understanding of the role of intelligence analysis, encourage the recognition of intelligence analysis as a professional endeavor, develop international qualification and competence standards, reinforce professional concepts, devise training standards and curricula, furnish advisory and related services on intelligence analysis matters, conduct analytic-related research studies, and provide the ability to disseminate information regarding analytical techniques and methods. Members include, but are not limited to, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Haiti, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, the United States, and Wales.
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This article discusses the expansion of the "real-time interactive" intelligence system, Joint Regional Information Exchange System (JRIES), to all 50 states, 5 territories, Washington, DC, and major urban areas to strengthen its flow of threat information. The expanded JRIES will continue to support the law enforcement and intelligence counterterrorism mission and, in addition, will provide real-time collaboration, advanced analytic capabilities, and information exchange between local, state, and federal agencies.
