Cagayan State University
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND INTELLIGENCE
SJO3 Mary Jane A Melad
Instructor
continuation - METHODS USED IN ACQUIRING INFORMATION
4. OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTIONS
● Observation - the complete and accurate awareness by an individual
of his surroundings.
● Description is the factual reporting of what is observed.
Psychological Processes for Accurate Observation
a. Attention - identifiable
b. Perception - draw out conclusions based on what you saw
c. Reporting
Types of Attention
a. Involuntary - walang effort di na ccontrol
b. Voluntary - you are required to listen/move
c. Habitual - most reliable habit activity
Factors Governing Report
a. Vocabulary - para magkaroon ng essence ang report /
expressing yourself
b. Time log - aware kung kailan nangyari ang incident / on or
about /at exactly
c. Recurrence of similar incidents - can be a dubjsubject for investigation
5. CLANDESTINE OPERATION – COVERT/DISCREET - maaintiintain public
safety
- A secret action undertaken in behalf of the government or other
friendly forces.
Basic Organizational Elements
a. Sponsor - law enforcement enforecers (PNP, PDEA, Intelligence
Officers)
b. Target or rabbit -
c. Agent or asset - give info to sponsor
Classification of Clandestine Agent
a. Principal Agent - brain of operations/ mastermind/ they are the
ones who makes the plan
b. Action Agent - sila ang ta trabaho/ doer of the action
- Spy - is the primary and the most important human collector. (gets
info)
- Propagandist - molds the attitudes opinions and actions of an
individual group.
- saboteur - undertake positive actions against unfriendly power
resulting in the loss of an article, material or facility.
- Guerilla - is a member of paramilitary group organized to grass
the enemy.
- Strongman - is an agent available to provide special protection.
(specialized training/comvatbatants)
- Provocateur - induces an opponent to act to his own detriment.
- Cover Action - exert influence from foreign government upon
discretion of the sponsor.
c. Support Agent - standby
6. COVER AND UNDERCOVER
a. Cover – any device utilized conceals the true nature of its acts
and/or existence from the observer.
Essential Types of Cover
● Natural cover - using actual or through backgroundd
● Artificial - ussining biographical data adopted for a purpose
● Cover within a cover - they woion't know that you exist/
decoy
● Multiple cover - any cover you wish
Hazards to Cover - threat
- Static or document opposition (ordinary citizen)
- Unhostile active opposition (police, security agencies)
- Hostile active opposition (enemy intelligence operatives)
b. Cover Story – a biographical data which will portray the personality
of the agent he assumed.
c. Cover Support –assigned in target areas with the primary mission of
supporting the cover story.
d. Organizational Cover – any account consisting of biographical data
which when adopted by an individual will assume the personality he
wants to adopt.
7. Undercover Assignment - An investigation technique in which an agent
conceals his official identity to obtain information.
Uses of Undercover
- Used independently to get first-hand information about the
subject of investigation.
- Supplement other investigative techniques like:
Types of Undercover Assignment
a. Dwelling - kung saan nakatira ang subject
b. Work - ano trabaho ng subject
c. Social - sino sino mga naakakasama/habit
d. Jurisdictional Assignment - saan nag ta trabaaho
e. Combination assignment
f. Rope job – striking up friendship with the subject.
Undercover agent
Special Qualification
a. Knowledge of the language
b. Background regarding events
c. Knowledge about the customs and habits
d. Physical appearance
e. An artist or an actor
Factors to consider in the Selection of Action (Undercover) Agents
1. Placement - paamno sila makihalubilo sa tao
2. Access
- Primary Access
- Secondary Access
- Outside Access
General Nature of Agent Handling
1. Sharing secret purpose.
2. Agent controls the agent operationally and administratively.
3. Rapport with each other.
4. Respect with each other.
Basic Agent Management
● Agent handler must be in charge of the operation.
● The act insure the agent adherence.
● Good rapport must be established between the agent handler
and the agent.
● The agent handler must constantly reinforce the agent
motivation.
Key Element of Agent Management
● Direction and control
a. Leadership
b. Action
c. Personal example
● Natural Weaknesses
● Agent training
● Agent testing
● Agent examination
Control - Authority to direct agent to carry out task or the requirements in
behalf of the clandestine organization in acceptable manner
and security.
Two Categories of Control
1. Positive control - with result /accmpomplishment
2. Negative control - with action but without result/failed
Termination Problem
1. Amount of knowledge the agent has
2. Inclination to use knowledge to the disadvantage of the
intelligence service.
3. Moral obligation to the agent
Provocation - Action taken in order to incite reaction from a known adversary
or to observe adversary.
Purposes
1. Reveal the true status of an assumed adversary.
2. Make a known adversary take seldom demanding action.
Provocateur - An individual from the enemy forces who is deliberately
introduced in our custody with a specific mission of causing
some unfavorable action or reaction on our part.
8. INFORMANT AND INFORMER
a. Informant - any person who gives information to the police
authorities relative to a crime.
The Types of Informants
● Anonymous Informant - unknown
● Rival-Elimination Informant - if may conflict
● False Informant - gives false information
● Frightened Informant - give information because of threat
● Self-Aggrandizing Informant - give information to not include yourself to
suspects
● Confidential Informant - assests
● Mercenary Informant - old members of uniformed personnel
● Double-Crosser Informant - manloloko
● Women Informant -
Motives of Informants
● Vanity -
● Civic Mindedness -
● Fear -
● Repentance -
• Conscience
Steps of Informants Recruitment (SIAT)
● Selection
● Investigation
● Approach
● Testing
Factors to consider in Informant Recruitment
● Sex
● Health
● Ability
● Age
● Education
● Personality
Dismissal of Informants
● The handler should avoid antagonizing the informant.
● Explain properly and humanely the reasons of dismissal.
● If file of the informant exists, dismissal must be in writing for future
references.
b. The Informer is a person who provides information to the police on a regular
basis.They are either paid regularly or in a case-to-case basis, or none at all.
