POLICE INTELLIGENCE

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 Introduction

The art of intelligence, or acquiring knowledge of ones opponent or competitor, is firmly

entrenched in historic precedent. The ability of law enforcement to effectively gauge and
properly react to criminal issues is dependant upon the effective collection and evaluation of
data.

Knowledge is power and, with the power of knowledge, police managers and administrators
are better equipped to deal with the vast array of todays problematic law enforcement issues.

Only few appreciate the crucial role of intelligence in the united enterprise of vigilance and
nation building. Perhaps it is only the military and its counterparts in the government services
and a few from the civilian sector. Many are not aware that the intelligence community is not
only our first line of defense against the various threats to national stability but also bears the
awesome responsibility of providing, comprehensive, accurate and timely information for
political and socio economic decision-making.

The tasks of the intelligence service haves not only grown. In dimension but have also
expanded in their complexity. More than ever the intelligence service is called upon to bolster
the role of intelligence not only in its preventive aspect but also in shaping the political, social
and economic transformation of the society. Read on, and learn more about the complex world of
intelligence
 UNIT I
BASIC CONCEPTS AND HISTORY

INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence is defined as the product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis,
integration and interpretation of all available information, which concerns one or more aspect of
various human activity which should be known in advance in order to initiate a particular cause
of action. In another aspect, it may also be defined as the product resulting from the collection,
evaluation, which concerns one or more aspects of foreign nations or area of operation, which is
immediately or potentially significant to planning

Various Forms of Intelligence

National Intelligence- refers to the total product of intelligence developed by all government
agencies that covers the broad aspects of national police and security

Military Intelligence- is the collection of information pertaining to the security of the state and
those people who are hostile to the government

-it is the knowledge acquired through the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration and
interpretation of all available information concerning a possible or actual enemy or areas of
operation, including weather, terrain, current and future enemy capabilities and vulnerabilities

Police Intelligence- is the collection of information pertaining to criminal activities and law
violators for the purpose of effecting arrest obtain evidence, and to forestall the plans to commit
crimes

- it is the product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration and interpretation
of all available information concerning one or more aspects of criminal activity and which is
immediately or potentially significant to police planning.

Combat Intelligence- is required by the commander in order to determine the best use of his
available firepower and maneuver forcers, to accomplish his mission, and to maintain the
security of his command.

Counter-Intelligence- an integral part of all intelligence operations and as such cant be

separated from combat and strategic intelligence, Its objective is to safeguard information
against espionage, material and installations against sabotage, and personnel against subversion.

Technical Intelligence- concerns foreign technical developments, which have a practical military
application and the physical characteristics, performance, capabilities, and limitations of material
and installation, used by and for foreign countries

OBJECTIVE OF INTELLIGENCE

The fundamental objective of intelligence is to ensure rational and timely decision-making

Functions of Intelligence in General

1. Collection or procurement of information

2. Evaluation of information to become intelligence information.
3. Dissemination of intelligence information to those who need it
4. Counter-intelligence- known as negative intelligence. It is an activity dedicated tot eh
concealment and protection of ones own information and adversary intelligence operation. It is a
defensive form of intelligence
PRINCIPLES OF INTELLIGENCE

Objectivity- in intelligence, only the well guided succeeds. It is basic intelligence concept that
there be unity between knowledge and action. It follows the intelligence should interact and
condition the decision. Intelligence must be adapted to the needs of the decisions; it is both giver
and taker. Action and decision is planned by knowledge
and guided by it at every step

Interdependence- Intelligence is artificially subdivided into

components elements to insure complete coverage, eliminate
duplication and to reduce the overall task or manageable sizes.
Nevertheless, each subdivision remains as essential part of
unity; contributes proportionately to the end result; possesses a
precise interrelationship; and interacts with each other so as to
achieve a balanced and harmonious whole.

Continuity-intelligence must be continuous. It

is necessary that coverage be continuous so that
the shape of what happens today could be
studied in the light of what was happened
before, which in turn would enable us to predict
the shape of things to come.

Communication
Intelligence adequate to their needs must be communicated to all the decision makers in
manner that they will understand and form that will permit its most effective use.
Usefulness
Intelligence is useless if it remains in the minds,
or in the files of its collectors or its producers. The story
must be told and it must be told well. The story must be
convincing and to be convincing it must not only be
plausible or factual but its significance must be shown

Selection

In intelligence should be essential and

pertinent to the purpose at hand. Intelligence
involves the planning through a maze of
information, the considering and innumerable
number of means or of picking the most promising
of a multitude of leads. The requirement of
decision-making covers very nearly the entire span
of human knowledge. Unless there is selection of
only the most essential and the pertinent,
intelligence will go off in all directions in one
monumental waste of effort

Timeliness

Intelligence must be communicated to the decision maker at the appropriate time to

permit is most effective use. This is one of the most important and most obvious, for intelligence
that is too soon or too late are equally useless. Timeliness is one principle that complements all
the others

Security Security is achieved by the measures which intelligence takes to protect and preserve
the integrity of its activities. If intelligence has no security, it might be as well being run like a
newspaper to which it is similar
POLICE INTELLIGENCE

It is the end product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration and
interpretation of all available information regarding the activities of criminal and other law
violators for the purpose of affecting criminals and other law violators for the purpose of
affecting their arrest, obtaining evidence, and forestalling plan to commit crime.

Purposes of Police Intelligence

1. Check the condition of the community relating to crime, vice, juvenile delinquency and
indications of subversion and insurgency.
2. Determine through counter intelligence applicants matters pertaining to personnel security,
physical security and document security of the police organization.
3. Determine the follow-up leads and helps in the solution of individual criminal cases.
4. Identify criminal elements and other law breakers as well as their associates.

5. Assists in the arrest of wanted criminals and those wanted under RA 1700 otherwise known as the
Anti-Subversion Law.

6. Check on the quality and effectiveness of the operation of the police (PNP) forces.
7. Check on the security conditions of PNP Personnel, funds equipment and materials.
8. Help in crime control prevention.
9. Serve as a tool of management for planning and organizational employment purposes

BIBLICAL BACKGROUND OF THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE

The earliest sources of intelligence are supernatural interventions in the affairs of men.
Prophets, seers, oracles, soothsayers and astrologers tried to appeal to Devine intervention to
gather information regarding their own affairs. Since God Knew what was going to happen
ahead of time, having to some extent ordained the outcome of events, it was logical to seek. His
intervention in the inspiration