LawEnforcementIntelligenceTrainingFreeandOnline
MichaelE.Chesbro,CCIA
FortLewis,WA98433
13July2009
Forindividualsnewlyassignedtolawenforcementintelligenceunitsandformoreexperiencedanalysts
wantingtoreviewbasicskills,wehavefoundanumberoffree,onlinecoursesthatwhentakenintotal
providegoodanalyticandintelligencefamiliarization.
Thecompletecurriculum(offeredthroughvariousorganizations)providesapproximately40hoursof
training,includingsuchtopicsastheintelligencecycle,legalauthorityandlimitationsofintelligence
gathering,intelligenceresources,terrorismprevention,securityandriskanalysis,andanalyticmethods
suchasflowcharting,telephonetollanalysisandlinkanalysis.
Individualswishingtotakeanyofthefollowingcoursesmustenrollthroughtheorganizationsponsoring
thecourse.(Linkstoeachcourseareincluded.)Enrollmentinthesecoursesisgenerallyavailableto
anyonewithanofficialneedforthetraining.
Anyonecompletingallofthefollowingcourseswillhaveagoodbasicfoundationinlawenforcement
intelligenceandanalysis.
AnacapaWebbasedTraining(8hourstotal)(FREE)
http://www.anacapatraining.com/company/index.html
ThisfreewebbasedtrainingisprovidedasanintroductiontoAnacapasscheduledandonsitecourses
inintelligenceanalysis.Uponcompletionofallthreetrainingmodules,youmayobtainacertificateof
completion.
o IntroductiontoIntelligenceAnalysis(1to2Hours)
o DataCollectionTradeoffs(23Hours)
o CriticalThinkingStrategies(23Hours)
AnalyticalInvestigativeTools(4hours)(CDROM)(FREE)
http://www.mctft.com/cdrom_training/view_course.aspx?cdID=CD001
Thiscourseprovidesanoverviewofanalyticalinvestigativetoolsandtechniques.Thecourseintroduces
theroleoftheanalystandtheanalyticalprocessfornarcoticlawenforcementofficers.Abriefoverview
ofdrugsofabuseisfollowedbyasetofanalytical'tools'includingmethodsforacquiringinformation,
techniquesforrepresentingandanalyzinginformation,andanoverviewoffinancialinvestigations.
CriminalIntelligenceSystemsOperatingPolicies(28CFRPart23)OnlineTraining(FREE)
http://www.ncirc.gov/
28CodeofFederalRegulations(CFR)Part23wasdevelopedtoensuretheprotectionofthe
constitutionalandprivacyrightsofindividualsduringthecollectionandexchangeofcriminal
intelligenceinformation.Thestandardsin28CFRPart23applytoallcriminalintelligencesystems
operatingunderfundingfromtheOmnibusCrimeControlandSafeStreetsActof1968,asamended.
Thisonlinetrainingisanintroductoryleveltrainingontheregulation'scoreprinciples,whichprovidean
understandingofprivacyandcivillibertiesconcernsrelatedtocriminalintelligenceinformationsharing.
ANALYSTCOMMENT:Thistrainingisapproximately1hour.AccesstoNCIRCisviaLEOorRISS.A
certificateoftrainingisavailableuponcompletionofthistraining.(Chesbro)
CriticalIssuesinLawEnforcementIntelligencehttp://www.slatt.org(SLATTAccountRequired)
Duringthissession,thepurposeoflawenforcementintelligenceandtheimportanceofinformation
sharingarediscussed.Thesessionalsoaddressestheimportanceofprotectingthecivilrightsofcitizens.
13minutepresentation(FREE)
InternationalSecurityRisks(Drugs,Migration,Climate,Finances,Terrorism)(4hours)(FREE)
http://jko.jfcom.mil/(Course#J3STMN053)
Thiscourseconsistsofvariousmodules,eachoneofwhichdealswithadifferentinternationalsecurity
risksuchascyberwarfare,migration,drugtrafficking,instabilityonfinancialmarkets,andthe
destructionoftheenvironment.Themodulesdiscusslinksbetweensecurity,risk,andthephenomenain
questionandpresentoverviewsofthemainproblemsandcounterstrategiesasdevelopedand
implementedbystatesandinternationalorganizations.Interactiveelementsallowstudentstoevaluate
theissuesinvolvedandtodevisestrategiesfordealingwiththerisks.Theaimofthiscourseistomake
studentsfamiliarwiththeoreticalconceptsthatareimportantforunderstandingthelinkbetween
securityandriskingeneralandthevarioustopicsdiscussedinthecourseinparticular.Apartfromthose
objectivesconcerningtheory,studentswillgaininsightsintotheempiricaldimensionsofseveral
internationalphenomena.Byshowingthatrisksaretoacertainextentconstructedandthatthis
constructiondoesnotnecessarilyreflect'objectivereality',studentslearntoquestiontheirown
perceptionsandthatofothers.Thiscapacity,inturn,permitsstudentstoweightheprosandconsof
variousriskpoliciesandtoproposetheirownstrategies.
LawEnforcementCertificateCourseinTerrorismPrevention(10hours)(FREE)
https://www.preventivestrategies.net/public/spd.cfm?spi=acad_courses
TheLawEnforcementCertificateCourseinTerrorismPreventionbuildslocalcapacitytoprevent
terrorismthroughauniqueanalyticalprocesswithanapplicationframeworkforterrorismprevention.
PersonallyIdentifiableInformation(PII)(45minutes)(FREE)
http://iase.disa.mil/eta/pii/pii_module/pii_module/index.html
PoliceIntelligenceCourse(16hours)(FREE)
http://www.mctft.com/edrug_training/view_course.aspx?courseNumber=MCD0159
Thiscoursewillprovidelawenforcement,intelligencepersonnel,andanalystswithinformation
necessarytounderstandtheintelligencecycleDirection,Collection,Processing,andDissemination
andthetechniquesusedtoorganizeandanalyzedata.Inadditiontothis,trainingwillalsoinclude
Federallawsapplicabletothegatheringofintelligenceanditsuse.
