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Some definitions that provide

the framework and
understanding for Police
Intelligence Operations:
Police information
is information collected during military police
operations concerning crime, disorder, criminal
activity, and criminal threats. Police information
includes, but is not limited to, a variety of data
and information about crime, law enforcement,
police institutions and their effectiveness, and
other general information in the operational
environment that is collected for analysis
through a policing lens to solve crime and
disorder problems. Police information is
analyzed to produce police intelligence.
Crime analysis
is the systematic examination and
interpretation of police information to
determine when, where, and why crime,
disorder, fear of crime, and other destabilizing
events occur in specific places. It may be
specifically categorized as administrative,
tactical, or strategic crime analysis based on
the focus of analysis and the purpose it is
intended to serve.
Criminal intelligence

is police information compiled, analyzed, and

disseminated in an effort to anticipate,
prevent, or monitor criminal activity. It may
be specifically categorized as tactical or
strategic criminal intelligence based on the
direction given to analysis and the purpose it
is meant to serve.
Police intelligence
is the product resulting from the collection,
processing, analysis, and integration of
criminal intelligence and crime analysis about
crime, disorder, criminal activity, and criminal
threats. Police intelligence provides
commanders and military police with an in-
depth picture of the criminal environment.
Crime Mapping
Crime mapping uses location data (address, X-Y
coordinates) to graphically depict crimes or
other incidents on a map. Crime maps
document cumulative crime incidents that have
occurred in the area of operations. Crime maps
are critical tools in geographic distribution
analysis and crime pattern analysis because the
visual depiction of crimes and their uneven
distribution results in identifiable patterns that
police intelligence analysts can use to deduce
meaning.
Hotspots

When crime is mapped, the distribution of

crimes often results in identifiable patterns
and concentrations at or surrounding
specific places. The places at which crimes
concentrate are known as crime hotspots
When crime mapping reveals crime hotspots,
police intelligence analysts can begin to
understand the factors contributing to crime
across a particular area of operations by
seeking to understand the conditions,
situational circumstances, and environmental
factors of those hotspots to determine why
crime is occurring at those places but not at
others.
Understanding the specific factors that
generate crimes, attract potential criminal
offenders, or facilitate the ability of offenders
to commit crimes at a specific place is an
essential precondition to developing effective
policing strategies and responses to prevent
and reduce crime.
Law enforcement intelligence
Law enforcement intelligence is the end
product (output) of an analytic process that
collects and assesses information about
crimes and criminal enterprises. Its purpose is
to make judgments and inferences about
community conditions, potential problems,
and criminal activity with the intent to
pursue criminal prosecution or project crime
trends or to support informed decision
making by management.
Targeting
is the process of selecting and prioritizing
targets and matching the appropriate
response to them, considering operational
requirements and capabilities. Targeting
means can range from lethal engagements to
nonlethal weapons to informational
engagements. Targeting begins in the
planning process and continues throughout
the operation.
Risk management

is the process to identify, assess, and control

risks and make decisions that balance risk
cost with mission benefits. Throughout the
operations process, commanders and staffs
use risk management to identify and mitigate
risks associated with hazards that have the
potential to injure or kill friendly and civilian
personnel, damage or destroy equipment, or
otherwise impact mission effectiveness.
Risk is the exposure of someone or
something valued to danger, harm, or loss. It
is inherent in all operations.
Area Security Operations
Area security is a form of security operation
conducted to protect friendly forces,
installation routes, and actions within a
specific area. Military police units perform AS
to protect the force and to enhance freedom
of action for units to conduct assigned
missions.
Analysis
is the process by which collected information
is evaluated and integrated with existing
information to produce intelligence that
describes the current—and attempts to
predict the future—impact of the threat,
terrain and weather, and civil considerations
on operations.
Assessment

is the continuous monitoring and evaluation

of the current situation and progress of an
operation. Continuous assessment plays a
critical role in evaluating the information
collected during the PIO process.
Dissemination
entails delivering timely, relevant, accurate,
predictive, and tailored police intelligence to
appropriate and authorized stakeholders.
Identifying recipients, determining the product
format, and selecting the means of delivery are
key aspects of dissemination. Recipients of
information and police intelligence generated
through PIO efforts must be evaluated to
ensure compliance with any legal
dissemination restrictions, mission
requirements, and protection considerations
The intelligence cycle
is an organized process by which information
is gathered, assessed, and distributed in
order to fulfill the goals of the intelligence
function.
The cycle has six (6) integral steps or process
which facilitate the assessment and
application of intelligence information, these
are:
 1. Collection
2. Evaluation
3. Collation
4. Analysis
5. Reporting
6. Dissemination
The Intelligence Cycle is viewed as the heart
of the intelligence function because it
provides a framework to perform all activities
related to Law Enforcement Intelligence.
Other definitions of terms related to
Police Intelligence Operations:
Bird

Slang for an informer.

Clandestine Operation

An operation conducted in secrecy, but with

no effort to disguise its nature.
Classified Matters

Information in any form, which, in the

interest of national security, must be
safeguarded in the manner and to the extent
required by its importance.
Clipping Service

Publications of local and foreign news cut

and posted with captions.
Collation

Refers to the process of organizing raw data

into useable form grouping of similar items of
information.
Cover

It is the change forging and screening of

person’s real personality, things, events and
places.
Covert Intelligence

Information gathering which are clandestine

in nature.
Dead Drop

A dead drop or dead letter box is a location

used to secretly pass items between two
people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops,
using various techniques to hide the items
and to signal that the drop has been made.
Debriefing

An interview with personnel from a mission

or captivity to get information of particular
interest.
Decoy vehicle

In a convoy deployments it is an identical

vehicle with that of the vehicle where the
principal may be located, it usually tails or
fronts the principal’s vehicle.
Evaluation

Appraisal of information with regards to its

accuracy.
Eye

A slang term for a person conducting

surveillance on a specific person.
Infiltration

Is the penetration of an agent to an

intelligence target either in the land, air, or
sea either through mechanical or electronic
devices.
Integration

Hypothesis developed and considered valid

as a result of such activity. It is the process of
combining the information isolated in
analysis and known element to form logical
theory or picture.
Intelligence Community

Conglomeration of all intelligence units and

agencies in a country composed of civilians,
military and quasi-military organizations
Intelligence Journal

A chronological log of activities.

INTERPOL

An acronym for the International Criminal

Police Organization, where member
countries assist one another in the pursuit of
suspected criminals and terrorists.
Interpretation

Result of critical judgment involving three

factors namely: analysis, integration and
deduction. It is the determination of the
significance of the intelligence data in
relation to other data at hand.
Order of Battle

Intelligence list containing the main or

primary threat to a nation’s security and
peace and order.
Principal vehicle

In a convoy deployment, it is the object of

protection where the VIP may be located.
Psychological Warfare

The planned used of propaganda and other

psychological actions having the primary
purpose of influencing the opinions,
emotions, attitudes and behavior of the
hostile groups to support the achievement of
national objectives.
Rabbit

Refers to the subject or person being

followed in a surveillance operation.
Recon vehicle

Also known as a counter attack vehicle in a

convoy deployment. It fronts the principal’s
vehicle to neutralize all possible threats.
Safe House

Is a place, enclosed building or apartment

where police undercover and operatives
meet for purpose of the briefing or plainly to
report.
Shield vehicle

A heavily armored vehicle located at the side

of the principal’s vehicle.