SOURCES OF INFORMATION

&
COLLECTION PLAN
SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 Human sources
 Criminals and their relatives/ associates
 Informants
 Witnesses
 Offenders and prisoners
 Other police, investigators or intelligence
officers
 Private investigators
 Business and community people
 Academics and consultants
SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 Field Sources - permanent and specialized ---

collectors; police or intelligence officers
who work in the field
 Surveillance teams
 Undercover operatives
 Informant handlers
 Aerial or coastal surveillance
 Police and intelligence officers using police
powers
 Liaison officers
 SOURCES OF INFORMATION
 Scientific Sources - specialized internal
areas of the organization; posses expert
knowledge or specialized equipment to extract
information.
 Physical evidence/forensic teams
 Financial investigators or forensic
accountants
 Economists
 Drug analysts
 IT specialists
 Psychological assessors
 Computer crime specialists
 Collection Plan
• a dynamic tool used to coordinate
and integrate the efforts of all
collection units and agencies.

• assist the Collection Manager in

organizing his thought processes

• continually revised as required

MISSION: To collect information on the recruitment activities of the
CPP/NPA in Cagayan

Info Reqt Type of Info Source or Collection Collection

Agency Method Task
Who are General: RIU, IG Conf’l Researcher to
involved? Background RID Requests complete by
-Assessment S2, Inf Bn, PA (PIRs/SORs) 7/31/17
Material
- organization
and structure

Specific: PIT Conf’l Researcher to

-List of MPS/CPS Request complete by
members BIN 7/31/17
- Details of Task: Info IH to complete
members Handler by 7/31/17
Task: ST to complete
Surveillance by 7/31/17
Team
 SUMMARY
Sources of information depends of
intelligence requirements and the
capability of the source

Collection Plan is flexible and must be

updated from time to time
INFORMATION GATHERING
TECHNIQUES

 INTERVIEW

 ELICITATION
 INTERVIEW

• information is obtained from another

person who is aware that he is giving
wanted information, although he may
be ignorant of the true connections
and purposes of the interviewer
 TIPS DURING THE INTERVIEW

 Begin by establishing an easy, friendly

atmosphere;
 Get the interest and develop the confidence of
the person interviewed;
 Encourage the person interviewed to talk;
 Tactfully keep control of the conversation;
 Ask only one question at a time; avoid leading
questions;
 TIPS DURING THE INTERVIEW

 Get all the important facts; check numbers and

spelling for accuracy;
 Watch for chance that leads to other information;
 Close the interview on a friendly note, keeping
the door open for other interviews if they prove
necessary;
 Write up all information ASAP; and
 recording of the interview is usually rewarding,
 ELICITATION

• is a subtle form of interrogation in which an

apparently casual conversation is directed in
such a manner as to obtain information
without the subject through aware of a
deliberate attempt to gain significant
information from him.
 GENERAL GUIDELINES
 Begin with topics of mutual interest;
 Patience;
 Listen;
 Future usefulness to subject;
 Steer topic gradually to area of interest;
 Don’t accumulate too much at one time;
 Be alert for verbal and non-verbal reactions;
 Talk and act naturally
 Switch to innocent subject before
 Write down everything as soon as possible (ASAP)
 BASIC APPROACHES IN
ELICITATION

Flattery Approach- Basically, flattery (excessive, untrue, or

insincere praise, exaggerated compliment) appeals to all
people.

Provocative Approach- This covers a wide range of

conversational gambits. This may vary from the outright
insulting, from downright boorishness to seemingly
innocuous.