Exam 8: Collecting Intelligence

The intelligence analyst can access numerous sources of intelligence while taking new data fed to him or her by the investigator; the analyst's job is to begin to ______________ .

Detectives can work with intelligence analysts to review sources of information available in databases.

The FBI has on its website the National Sex Offender Public Website, which provides access to the:

Patrol officers may have access to a number of sources of information, all of which can be passed on to the criminal investigators.

Patrol officers may access to a number of sources of ______________, which can be passed on to the criminal investigators.

The interplay between the intelligence analyst and the investigator may start even before the detective arrives on the scene.

To track sexual predators, the FBI has on its website, the National Sex Offender Public Website, which provides access to the latest information for just a few states.

The intelligence analyst and the tactical crime analyst must be aware of the many sources of useful data in order to be of the most help to law enforcement

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) has a database for hundreds of millions of ______________.

There are also databases from the Department of Corrections in each state which can help analysts track convicted felons and determine:

When investigators or detectives arrive on the scene of a crime, some information will be available to them because of the work of ______________.

In some instances, the information from uniformed officers may be all the investigator needs in order to ______________.

To begin the process of investigating the crime and pursuing the criminal, the detective must rely on paid informants

In the event that the offender is unknown, the investigator or detective will need to draw on other sources of information to begin the process of ______________ the crime and pursuing the criminal.

The police and intelligence analysts are, however, forbidden to use the hundreds of social network sites, such as FaceBook and Twitter.

The criminal analyst at the beginning of a criminal investigation is ______________ .

There are numerous databases the intelligence analyst can access which provide treasure troves of information, such as Department of Motor Vehicles (Secretary of State) databases in each state; these databases provide:

Besides state and local databases, there are also non-profit and private sources of information about suspected or known criminal figures.

Among the many databases offering treasure troves of information is the Department of Motor Vehicles database in each state.

Social network sites, such as FaceBook, MyYearbook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Messenger and Instagram, often contain personal profiles and often valuable personal details about people as well as: