1. Teaching Intelligence in Law Enforcement: Understudy Program for Intelligence Analysts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Criminal Intelligence Support and Development Branch

2. Rationale for Understudy Program
Demographics
Need for:
high-functioning and motivated workforce
interoperability within pillars of intelligence program
learning and development benchmarks
common standards
career path for professionalization

3. Basic Cross-Training
Two mandatory courses for all Pillars of Criminal Intelligence (CI) Program
Criminal Intelligence Foundations Course (CIFC) – classroom
On-line information handling course

4. Intelligence Analyst Understudy Program
Two year completion
Structured roadmap for training and development
Mandatory and optional classroom and on-line courses
Specific benchmarks in terms of related tasks that demonstrate progression in competency

5. Task Analyses and Validation
Major analytical tasks validated by group of experienced analysts
Core tasks common to all analysts
Each task has five levels of competency
Unacceptable, beginner, intermediate, advanced and proficient
Knowledge, standards, autonomy, perceptions of context, coping with complexity
Milestones for:
one month; one year; two years ; over two years

6. Beginner (by one month) Unacceptable
Proficient
+2 years
Advanced (by two years) Includes all positive items from the Intermediate Level
Intermediate (by one year) Includes all positive items from the Beginner Level
Beginner (by one month)
Unacceptable
Objective: Plan effectively by determining client needs; selecting priorities; identifying available resources relevant to the analytic requirement; and producing a timely work plan in agreement with the client.
Planning
Surpasses client expectations by anticipating client needs and by keeping clients informed of relevant actions, initiatives, and any change in services - 2+
Strives not only to meet but to exceed client expectations by obtaining timely feedback
Independently identifies appropriate priorities - 2
Independently formulates a thorough, timely work plan - 2
Meets client expectations by obtaining regular feedback – 1
Identifies priorities with occasional assistance -1
Formulates a thorough work plan with occasional assistance - 1
Meets client expectations with oversight
Identifies priorities with oversight
Formulates work plan with oversight
Does not meet client expectations with oversight
Unable to Identify appropriate priorities
Unable to formulate a work plan
Collection of Information
Objective: Identify and gather all relevant information while safeguarding the security of information in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures.
Uses an extensive network to efficiently gather all relevant information pertinent to the time and scope of the project – 2+
Provides guidance to others regarding policies and procedures to safeguard information – 2+
Develops an adequate network to efficiently gather all relevant information pertinent to the time and scope of the project
Utilizes policies and procedures to safeguard information in all circumstances
Gathers all relevant information pertinent to the time and scope of the project -1
Utilizes policies and procedures to safeguard information in all circumstances – 1
Gathers information pertinent to time and scope of the project with oversight
Utilizes policies and procedures to safeguard information with oversight
Gathers incomplete and/or irrelevant information in relation to the project
Fails to apply policies and procedures to safeguard information

7. List of 8 Major Tasks and Objectives
#1 Communicate mandate of RCMP and Criminal Intelligence (CI) program and advise on roles and functions of analyst in support of CI and client mandates.
#2 Plan effectively by determining client needs; selecting priorities; identifying available resources relevant to analytic requirement; and producing timely work plan in agreement with client.

8. List of Tasks and Objectives
#3 Identify and collect all relevant information while safeguarding the security of information in accordance with legislation, procedures and policies.
Relevant
Complete
Timely
Secure

9. List of Tasks and Objectives
#4 Evaluate through corroboration the reliability and validity of all information using standard ratings.
#5 Categorize and share relevant information in a retrievable format according to legislation, policies and procedures.

10. List of Tasks and Objectives
#6 Analyze information using appropriate, reliable methods to address analytical requirement, such as identifying priorities, emerging, threats, crime trends, investigative leads and intelligence/enforcement gaps.

11. List of Tasks and Objectives
#7 Produce an analytical assessment for intelligence clients which convey the findings in an appropriate format in accordance with security requirements.
#8 Apply the review, approval and dissemination processes in accordance with legislation, policy and procedures.

12. Overarching Knowledge and Competencies
Networking
Teamwork
Police culture and procedures
Technology
Informing, educating and advising to assist police management in planning resource and operations

13. Next Steps Completion of learning strategy/roadmap
Establish which training and analytical tasks are to be completed within first month; first year; and second year
Developing new courses/workshops and other developmental opportunities
Identifying coaches and developing coaching strategies