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  • Brains and Bytes

    While criminal behaviour and methods inevitably change over time, the importance of strong intelligence and the innocent victim are two of the constants of criminality.

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  • Fusion Centres can extend beyond counterterrorism.

    Shortly after the first fusion centers were established, federal and state officials realized two things. First, the fusion concept could extend beyond counterterrorism. And second, federal grants were a powerful force in shaping fusion centers. “It was soon realized that the concept could be very valuable beyond the counterterrorism environment and that it would be very valuable across all crime types and all hazard types,” said Stephen Serrao, a former New Jersey State Police Counterterrorism Bureau chief and now director of product management at Memex, which consults in the development and management of fusion
    centers.

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  • EMEA Informant Management - the need to better exploit technology

    Peter Ship presents the case for the better application of technology in intelligence management and modern policing. UK initiatives such as the National Intelligence Model, Impact Nominal Index (INI) and Police National Database (PND) have demonstrated commitment and provided a significant improvement.

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  • Knowledge vs Intelligence

    While it may sound faintly heretical, there is possibly an argument to be made that intelligence-led policing is not quite the Holy Grail of modern policing.

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  • Informant Management Challenges and Solutions

    Managing informants presents particular challneges but by utilizing technology you can reduce risk, help great police officers make great decisions, and keep the agency looking good in the public eye. Those are some pretty compelling reasons to upgrade to a new approach to informant management. Steve Serrao looks at the way forward.

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  • Next Generation Data Integration

    Data Integration is a necessary building block for sound analytical, threat assessment capabilities

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  • 28CFR23 Part 2

    We continue to look at the ramifications of the proposed changes to 28CFR23 in the second part of our article.

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  • Threat Management

    Becoming an intelligence-led organization involves change from the very top to the very bottom of the law enforcement organization.

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  • 28CFR23 Part 1

    Changing the Game: The DNA for Detecting Criminal Activity Patterns. Read More…

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  • Intelligence-Led Policing

    Stephen G. Serrao, Captain, New Jersey State Police (ret.) looks at the realities of becoming an Intelligence-Led Policing organization (ILP). It is a complicated and arduous task, yet many police executives still believe just building a Fusion Center makes them intelligence-led.

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