A National Initiative and International Partnership
Merle Manzi, IALEIA Professional Development Director and
Radoslaw Ostoja-Domaradzki, IALEIA International Director
Following several months of planning and preparation that began in Atlanta during the 2014 IALEIA/LEIU annual training event, a specialized technical workshop on criminal intelligence was conducted in Kingston, Jamaica by IALEIA International Board representatives in partnership with the IALEIA Chapter in Jamaica. The instructors for the technical workshop were Radek Ostoja, International Director and Merle Manzi, Professional Development Director. The technical workshop was a one-day training event that was presented in Kingston on the dates of March 18 and 19, 2015.
The concept for holding the technical workshop was based on an identified need in Jamaica for better understanding of criminal intelligence—especially by law enforcement supervisors and managers. The Jamaica IALEIA chapter, led by Chapter President Vincent Anderson, Jamaica Ministry of National Security and Phillip Powell, Chapter Past-President, Consultant with the UK High Commission, put together specific requests for intelligence training from IALEIA. The training requested was based on two specific objectives: (1) to provide an overview on the various roles of analysis within the law enforcement environs; (2) to demonstrate how analysis can support the work of the investigator.
The technical workshop on intelligence was attended by approximately 100 individuals over the course of the two sessions and was extremely well received by those who attended. It is significant to note that the audience consisted of a mixture of investigators, analysts, supervisors, and managers. The technical workshop on intelligence is one component of a very ambitious initiative by the Jamaican Ministry of National Security to expand the practice of criminal intelligence and analysis into a much more predominant role in Jamaican policing. The representatives of the Jamaican Ministry of National Security have recognized that the most prominent training audience for promoting effective criminal intelligence operations is that of the law enforcement supervisors and managers. Based on the positive results of the first series of technical workshops on intelligence, the Ministry and the Jamaican IALEIA chapter are already planning to host additional workshops with audiences composed primarily of supervisors and managers.
The agenda for the technical workshop on intelligence consisted of the following subjects:
IALEIA–Global Overview
IALEIA–Analytic Professionalism
Criminal Intelligence Overview
The Criminal Intelligence Analyst
The Criminal Intelligence Team
Criminal Intelligence Administration
Analytic Tools and Techniques
Crime Analysis vs. Criminal Intelligence Analysis
Criminal Intelligence Guidance and Practice
Scenario-Based Example: Practical Application of Analysis
Panel Discussion: Criminal Intelligence Issues Impacting Jamaica
The Jamaica IALEIA Chapter and the Jamaican Ministry of National Security have exhibited a keen understanding of the need to expand the use of criminal intelligence as a way to help secure the island of Jamaica and enhance police effectiveness. They have also taken on a very aggressive program to make a difference in moving forward from the status quo toward an approach that embraces intelligence-led policing.
The Jamaican technical workshop on intelligence was followed up the next week by a FIAT class that was attended by members of the law enforcement and national security organizations, some of whom had attended the technical workshops the previous week.
This type of international outreach and training support is an excellent example of how IALEIA International and local IALEIA chapters can work together toward the overall good by supporting the expanded application of intelligence and analysis to national security and law enforcement organizations.