Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU) / International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) Annual Conference
April 30 - May 4, 2012 at the Loews Coronado Bay on Coronado Island (San Diego), California.
Building upon the success of our First International Symposium held earlier this year in Vancouver, Canada, the IACA will once again offer a training symposium. In 2012, the IACA will partner with Europol for the Second International Symposium.
The 2012 Symposium will be held April 17th - 18th, 2012 at the Headquarters of Europol in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Registration for the Second International Symposium will open in January and the annual training conference registration will open in February. More information about these unique training events will be posted soon. Keep up-to-date by following us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, our Blog, or right here on iaca.net. You can also follow @IACAConference on Twitter to receive only conference-related news and updates.
TheIACA 22nd Annual Training Conference will be held at The Ravella, a luxury resort in Henderson, Nevada. The conference dates are September 10th - 13th, 2012. A Mediterranean-inspired oasis nestled in the Southwestern desert, The Ravella infuses a dramatic setting with unimaginable luxury and amenities.
In addition to its scenic location, the 2012 conference will feature many training sessions for analysts at all experience levels. A combination of great training, picturesque location and excellent facilities makes this a unique training conference experience that you will not want to miss!
Australian intelligence and security officials are privately concerned that future terror plots might not be halted in time, a leading intelligence analyst says. Professor Ross Babbage, a former senior defence official, says the agencies involved in last week's counter-terrorism raids in and around Melbourne had done an excellent job. The raids foiled a terror plot to attack the Holsworthy Barracks in western Sydney.
But there was "deep unease" amongst intelligence and security officials there might be a future set of circumstances where something could fall between the cracks, Professor Babbage said. "That is, we can't be absolutely certain that in every situation we are going to join the dots and we are going to catch these guys early," he told ABC Radio on Monday.
Intelligence officials believed present structures made it difficult to deal effectively with emerging threats. For instance, cyber attacks against financial institutions were not the sort of threat the agencies had been structured to counter.
Future Policing in Europe: a Shared Agenda for Research 18-20 November 2009- Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands
Within the frame of the CEPOL Annual Programme 2009, The Netherlands with the support of Austria, Germany and the CEPOL RSWG will be organising the Police Science Conference from 18 – 20 November 2009 in Badhoevedorp (Amsterdam), The Netherlands.
The Police Science Conference 2009 will deal with the topic of ‘Future Policing in Europe: a Shared Agenda for Research’. The topic will be approached from both an academic and practical angle. Key-note speakers will provide qualified input, whereas working groups, poster sessions and mini-seminars will give participants the opportunity to present and discuss experience and data.
This report examines the future of international terrorism. In this effort, it has been assisted by more than fifty of the world’s premier authorities in the fields of antiterrorism, intelligence, security, and policing. This expert panel included members of the intelligence community, specialists from the U.S. government and military, security consultants, think tank staffers, forecasters, university professors, and local police officials. Most came from the United States, but Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, and Switzerland also were represented.
Key findings from the panel of experts include:
International terrorism will grow as veterans of the Iraq War return to their native lands, train sympathizers in the tactics of terror, and spread out across the world.
Among the Western lands, Britain and France (owing to their large Muslim populations) and the United States will be at the greatest risk of attack, in that order. Further attacks on the scale of 9/11 are to be expected in all three countries over the range of five to ten years.
These attacks will combine mass bloodshed and economic impact.
Technology is likely to change the nature of terrorism as well. Like their government adversaries, terrorists may adopt computer simulations to train recruits in tactics, strategy, and technology.
New technologies will continue to change antiterrorism. Most will be in their early stages of development five years from now, but will advance rapidly over the following decade. These include:
Tiny sensors that can be scattered to detect explosives or biological warfare agents in potential target areas
Conversion software that allows investigators to use incompatible databases seamlessly
Artificial Intelligence, expert systems, and data mining software that can recognize patterns in intelligence derived from different sources and warn of a terrorist event in preparation
Software that can recognize suspicious activities viewed by networks of surveillance cameras
Facial recognition software, which already is being integrated with passive video surveillance systems to identify wanted subjects in a crowd
Computerized training for antiterrorism operations similar to the military’s Battlefield 2 “game” simulator
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 French military and political leader, Emperor
Intelligence Environment
"In order to achieve results we need a law enforcement environment that views intelligence as a precondition to effective policing, rather than as a supplement."
Robert Kopal
Intelligence-led Policing (ILP)
"Executive implementation of the Intelligence Cycle to support proactive decision making for resource allocation and crime prevention."
IALEIA
"Intelligence-led policing is a business model and managerial philosophy where data analysis and crime intelligence are pivotal to an objective, decision-making framework that facilitates crime and problem reduction, disruption and prevention through both strategic management and effective enforcement strategies that target prolific and serious offenders."
Dr. Jerry H. Ratcliffe
Intelligence Cycle
The intelligence cycle is the process of developing unrefined data into polished intelligence for the use of policymakers. FBI
Criminal Intelligence
"Intelligence within the law enforcement context, whether of a tactical or strategic nature, refers to the collection, collation, evaluation, analysis, and dissemination for use of information relating to criminal or suspected criminal activities of a wide variety."
IACP
Criminal Intelligence Analysis
"The identification of and provision of insight into the relationship between crime data and other potentially relevant data with a view to police and judicial practice."
Europol
Crime Analysis
"Crime analysis is the study of criminal incidents; the identification of patterns, trends, and problems; and the dissemination of information that helps a police agency develop tactics and strategies to solve patterns, trends, and problems."
I am a law enforcement professional with over 35 years experience in both sworn and civilian positions. I have service in 3 different countries in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
My principal areas of expertise are: (1) Intelligence, (2) Training and Development, (3) Knowledge Management, and (4) Administration/Supervision.
