1. 7
Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Operations

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Class Name
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3. Chapter Objectives Summarize the types of criminal intelligence.
Distinguish between the criminal intelligence and criminal investigative functions.
Explain the procedures for the intelligence-gathering process.
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4. Chapter Objectives
Explain the procedures for flowcharting used in intelligence-gathering operations.
Explain the types of surveillance in criminal investigation.
Describe how a stakeout is conducted.
Summarize the legal requirements of electronic surveillance.

5. Summarize the types of criminal intelligence.
Learning Objective 7.1
Summarize the types of criminal intelligence.

6. Types of Criminal Intelligence
Overt information collection
Witness interviews
Victim interviews
Suspect interviews
Patrol observations of activity
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7. Types of Criminal Intelligence
Covert information collection
Physical surveillance
Electronic surveillance
Informants
Undercover officers

8. Learning Objective 7.2
Distinguish between the criminal intelligence and criminal investigation functions.

9. Criminal Intelligence vs. Criminal Investigation
Strategic intelligence
Useful in organizing long-range plans for interdiction in areas of criminal activity over extended periods
Provides information about the capabilities and intentions of target subjects
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10. Criminal Intelligence vs. Criminal Investigation
Tactical intelligence
Targets criminal activity considered to be of immediate importance
Provides specifics about individuals, organization, and different types of criminal activity
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11. Criminal Intelligence vs. Criminal Investigation
Proactive function
Inductive logic
Closed files
Success gauged by cataloging of an intelligence product
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12. Criminal Intelligence vs. Criminal Investigation
Usually reactive in nature
Deductive logic
Open files
Success is arrest or conviction of suspect
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13. Criminal Intelligence vs. Criminal Investigation
Procedure for intelligence gathering
Target selection
Data collection
Data analysis
Dissemination

14. Explain the procedures for the intelligence-gathering process.
Learning Objective 7.3
Explain the procedures for the intelligence-gathering process.

15. Intelligence-Gathering Process
The process of data description and integration is used to make sense out of the multitudes of information.
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16. Intelligence-Gathering Process
Data description and integration methods
Link analysis
Flowcharting

17. Learning Objective 7.4
Explain the procedures for flowcharting used in intelligence-gathering operations.

18. Flowcharting Event flow analysis
The event is enclosed in a symbolic areas such as circle or rectangle.
As different events are documented, they are connected by arrows to indicate the direction of the sequence.
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19. Flowcharting Commodity flow analysis
Charts the logical flow of commodities such as drugs, money, illegal arms shipments

20. Auditing and Purging Files
Files that are no longer accurate, relevant to the mission of the unit, do not pertain to investigative interests and activities, or contain insufficient supporting documentation are among those that should be purged.

21. Explain the types of surveillance in criminal investigation.
Learning Objective 7.5
Explain the types of surveillance in criminal investigation.

22. Types of Surveillance Foot surveillance One-officer surveillance
Two-officer surveillance
ABC method
Progressive/leapfrog method
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23. Types of Surveillance Vehicle surveillance One-car surveillance
Two-car surveillance
Three-car surveillance
Leapfrog method

24. Describe how a stakeout is conducted.
Learning Objective 7.6
Describe how a stakeout is conducted.

25. Stakeout Procedures Stationary Fixed surveillance Stakeout
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26. Stakeout Procedures Outside team Inside team The arrest team
The team responsible for briefing officers if a crime occurs

27. Summarize the legal requirements of electronic surveillance.
Learning Objective 7.7
Summarize the legal requirements of electronic surveillance.

28. Electronic Surveillance
With the growing use of high technology to investigate crime and uncover violations of criminal law, courts throughout the nation are evaluating the applicability of constitutional guarantees with regard to high-tech surveillance.
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29. Electronic Surveillance
Forms of electronic surveillance
GPS
Computer
Telephone and mobile phone
Social networks
Biometric
Thermal imaging

30. Chapter Summary
The collection of criminal intelligence is an important function of the criminal investigative process.
Criminal investigations are reactive in nature.
Intelligence gathering is a proactive function.
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31. Chapter Summary
Intelligence collection should be thought of as a process of connecting a series of interrelated components of information.
Flowcharting is use in the data description and integration phase of the intelligence-gathering operation.
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32. Chapter Summary
There are four principal methods for conducting a moving surveillance on foot, as well as four methods for conducting moving surveillance in a vehicle.
A stakeout is the tactical deployment of police officers in anticipation of the commission of a crime at a specific location.
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33. Chapter Summary
Courts throughout the nation are evaluating the applicability of constitutional guarantees with regard to high-tech surveillance.