Chapter 3- Police Administration

Question 1

Describe the Intelligence Cycle as presented in the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP).

Answer 1

The Intelligence Cycle is the process of developing unrefined data into polished intelligence. Consists of six steps: 1. Requirements are information needs that need to be known in order to safeguard the nation; 2. Planning and Direction is the management of the entire effort; 3. Collection is the gathering of raw information (i.e. interviews, surveillances, searches, etc.) based on requirements; 4. Processing and Exploitation involves converting information that has been collected into a usable form by decrypting, translating, and reducing data; 5. Analysis and Production is the process of converting raw information into intelligence; 6. Dissemination is the distribution of finished intelligence to consumers.

Question 2

Define intelligence:

Answer 2

product created from systematic and thoughtful examination, placed in context, and provided to law enforcement executives, with facts and alternatives that can inform critical decisions.

Question 3

Define a fusion center and briefly list is four primary goals.

Answer 3

Fusion centers act as a hub for exchanging information and intelligence, maximizing, police resources, streamlining public safety operations, and improving the ability to fight crime and terrorism by merging data from a variety of sources.

Goals:
1. Support the broad range of activities undertaken by a police department relating to the detention, examination, and investigation of a potential terrorist and/or criminal activity 2. support operations that protect critical infrastructure and key resources 3. maintain public tip lines 4. assist police executives in making better informed decisions

Question 4

Criticism of fusion centers and other law enforcement responses to terrorism:

Answer 4

Sharing of information between local law enforcement and FBI. Sharing of information appears to be one way, from local police agencies to the FBI

Expensive

Suffer from “mission creep” because there are few cases focused on terrorism, many centers have expanded their role to induce crime fighting and reduction

close to violating civil liberties of people

Question 5

4 primary areas of responsibility within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS):

Answer 5

1. Border security and transportation
2. Emergency preparedness and response
3. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear countermeasures
4. Intelligence analysis and infrastructure protection

Question 6

Define terrorism:

Answer 6

the threat of and/or use of violence to achieve a specific set of political objectives or foals.

International
Transnational
Domestic
State

Question 7

“jihad”:

Answer 7

“holy war” rooted in an early

religious movement called “Wahhabism” and later “Salafism”

Concept justified through the Qur’an

Question 8

homegrown terrorist

Answer 8

U.S. citizens who convert to radical Islamic extremism and fight for the jihadist movement

Question 9

Discuss why Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs) are considered an international threat to the United States. Identify the “Big Four” OMGs that are active in the United States.

Answer 9

Gang battles overseas

Hell’s Angels
Pagans
Outlwas
Bandidos

Question 10

Hate crime:

Answer 10

Crimes committed against an individual, property, or society that is motivated in whole or in part, by an offender’s bias against an individual or group because of his/her
actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, gender, and/or sexual orientation.

Question 11

Define and identify groups that are commonly called ecoterrorists:

Answer 11

Many of the single-issue terrorist groups that arose from relatively peaceful movements and call for a renewal of the planet’s geophysical and biological environment and advocate the use of violence

Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF)