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WAYNE SPEES
- Ambush Tactics of the Tijuana Cartel--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This workshop will present an in-depth analysis of the ambush tactics used by the Tijuana Cartel to kill law enforcement officer in Tijuana. In 2009, there were 43 officers killed in the line of duty in the city of Tijuana. With the cooperation of the Mexican authorities, the cases were studied and compared. Specific tactics, including weapons, formations, operational planning, and tactics were identified. The instructor traveled to Tijuana and photographed some of the scenes. This presentation will describe in detail the methods used and how to counter some of these tactics. He will also discuss personal and operational security on this side of the border.
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ANNIE JOHN
- Analyst Notebook: Unlocking Your Data i2, an IBM Company, is the leading provider of intelligence and investigation management software for law enforcement, defense, national security, and private sector organizations. Analyst's Notebook delivers the richest assisted analysis and visualization capabilities in the world to support analysts in quickly turning large sets of disparate information into high-quality and actionable intelligence to prevent crime and terrorism. This training session will focus on Analyst's Notebook. During the presentation attendees will get a full review of basic and analysis functionalities including importing Excel files, filters, histograms, social networking analysis, conditional formatting, and exporting to Google Earth. Please bring any questions you might have about i2 software!
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LEONARD W. LEEDY
- Analytical Functions Using Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful analytical tools available to law enforcement and usually it’s sitting right on your computer's desktop. In this class Mr. Leedy will cover Pivot Tables, Auto Filters, and numerous “tricks” acquired from his 20 years of training people how to use this powerful tool. Learn how to break down 10 or 20 thousand records in just 5 mouse clicks and provide meaningful analytical reports to your agency. Even if you have been using Excel for several years, you WILL learn something new and something to make your work easier.
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DAVID CARIENS, JR.
- Analytical Thinking and Presentation This workshop will cover all aspects of the production of finished intelligence. Mr. Cariens will look at the various types of intelligence and the role of evidence in each. He will introduce and explain the intelligence style of writing--the style based on the Inverted Pyramid form of paragraph writing used throughout the Intelligence Community. Mr. Cariens will review aspects of the English language that are best suited to the production of finished intelligence (word choice and sentence structure). He will stress the need for conceptualization as the first step to writing—the need to know what you want to tell the consumer of your product. The workshop will look at the ten most frequently made mistakes by Intelligence Analysts in their use of English. Mr. Cariens will also touch upon the ethics of intelligence analysis as well as the relationship between the producers of intelligence and policymakers. He will look at some of the skills Intelligence Analysts need to do their job. Finally, workshop participants will be asked to do an exercise.
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LEONARD W. LEEDY
- Automating Excel Using Macros, Custom Menus, & Modifying the Quick Access Bar Are you doing the same thing over and over in Microsoft Excel? Would you like to learn how to automate those repetitive tasks? Mr. Leedy will cover: (1) how to create macros that automate those tasks; (2) modifying the Quick Access Bar in Excel 2007 & 2010; (3) creating custom menus in Excel 2003 & 2010. You can’t do this in 2007. Bring your laptop and Lenny will give you sample files so you can follow along.
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KRISTIE MANZI
- Basic Elements of Criminal Intelligence This session will cover the fundamental elements of intelligence within the context of the law enforcement community. The session’s framework is based on the joint LEIU and IALEIA publication “Criminal Intelligence for the 21st Century” and other publications on the topic. Specific focus areas to be addressed include: definitions of, and differentiation between, intelligence and information; the intelligence process; the role of a criminal intelligence program within a law enforcement agency, and the various analytic products designed to support intelligence and investigative units. The presentation also touches on the challenges of ensuring the intelligence unit is responsive to its agency’s needs.
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LENNY W. LEEDY
- Bonus Excel Class: Microsoft Excel Dates and Times Lenny Leedy receives many requests for assistance on Excel issues but-of all the requests he receives--date and time problems top the list. Attend this one hour class to learn to work with Excel dates and times and avoid the common problems. For example, did you know that Excel stores a date as a number--not a date? Excel stores “5/2/2011” as 40665 which represents the number of days since January 0, 1900. This one hour seminar will help you understand how to create formulas that actually work with dates and times.
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MICK SACHDEVA
| DR. RAPHAEL DJABATEY
- Building a Comprehensive Crime Analysis Unit This instructors in this workshop will discuss the logistics of creating a crime analysis unit within a local municipal police force--what works, what does not work, and why. This is a practical look at how one of Canada’s largest municipal police forces has embedded crime analysis Infrastructure into everyday police work. From A – Z--see all the ways crime analysis theory is practically applied--focusing on the gaps between academia and practical application. The presentation will also describe the problems incurred along the way. Peel Regional Police continues to be a leader in the field of crime analysis in southern Ontario--with science and technology being an integral component of the crime analysis Infrastructure. This presentation will focus on real time practical applications of crime analysis theories that have become the backbone of crime analysis at Peel. From GIS to Information management; from mathematics to science--this presentation will briefly describe all technologies currently used, as well as the uses of crime analysis theory, and the gaps between practical application and academia in a local municipal police force. From conceptual ideas like spatial analysis, linkage analysis, tactical analysis, and strategic analysis to practical application of these theories, see firsthand where ideas succeed and where they fail. Furthermore, "what makes for a better crime analysis team"? From backgrounds to training, motivation to skill set, and marketing--how do we get the most from our analytical team? This presentation will illustrate the pitfalls and problems of embedding crime analysis into a police force--culminating in an interesting open discussion on how to increase our valuation within policing.
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WAYNE NICHOLS
- Craigslist Investigations Craigslist’s has replaced traditional media (newspapers and magazines) and many online sources (chat rooms) as a primary online source for classifieds, jobs and sales…and for criminal activity. This workshop will provide law enforcement personnel with the foundation to begin investigations on Craigslist. Starting with Craigslist’s basic operations, the course quickly develops into preferred methods and tools for logging communication, utilizing undercover regressed photos, best practices for investigations, and incorporating Google Voice (a phenomenal new tool for law enforcement). Attendees will also learn how information easily obtained from Craigslist can eliminate the need for using decoys in undercover operations. Case examples in class will include property related crimes, drug investigations, prostitution, and enticement of juveniles. Attendees need only a basic understanding of computers. No technical or analytical background is required. Topics May Include: (1) Understanding how Craigslist works – CL Basics: History, who, what and why?; (2) what to look for in a Craigslist posting – What’s hot, what’s not; (3) needed utilities and tools for Craigslist – undercover email addresses, PDF tools, LE databases; (4) tips to make your operation a success – Meat and potatoes; (5) obtaining information from Craigslist – administrative subpoena or search warrant; (6)property related crimes – why are criminals more inclined to now use Craigslist?; (7) drug investigations – how are narcotic sales occurring via Craigslist?; (8) prostitution investigations – did shutting down the “erotic services” section make a difference?; (9) enticement operations – sexual predators are now using Craigslist versus traditional chat clients; (10) using Google Voice in your investigation – Even if you’ve never heard of it.
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PAT MCCARTHY
- Developing Street Sources and Confidential Informants This training segment will focus on techniques and tactics to develop information sources and confidential informants (C/I). It will reveal how good informants can help build successful cases. and where to find the best sources in your area of
responsibility. The presentation will also show how to use C/I's as moles to get close to certain people. Additionally, the segment will cover ethical considerations when dealing with street sources and confidential informants.
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SAMANTHA GWINN
| DALE FERRANTO
- Forensic Flashback (LexisNexis) This presentation showcases a unique investigative tool for cold case and crime pattern investigations that extend over long periods of times and over large geographical areas. LexisNexis can recreate neighborhoods using 40 years of accumulated data to identify a pool of suspects that have public record anchor points in common with specific areas where the crimes were committed. Based upon diverse temporal and spatial facts about the crimes, the Forensic Flashback analysis can return details on potential persons of interest who have not been identified through state or national DNA repositories, IAFIS, surveillance photographs, etc. Case studies will include the Troy Graves “Center City Rapist” investigation, the Lonnie Franklin “Grim Sleeper” murders, and the unsolved “East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker” sexual assaults and murders throughout California. New Accurint® for Law Enforcement solution enhancements will also be presented, such as international data sources, Real-Time Phones search and report, phone data from Canada, the Caribbean, and Military Addresses Overseas, Case Connect/Case De-confliction, and Virtual Identity/Social Network reports.
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HEATHER SULLIVAN
| DANIEL BRICK
- General Aviation Smuggling Trends--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE A quick overview of the Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) capabilities combined with "What Looks Suspicious", a section aiding law enforcement entities in identifying suspect general aviation pilots and aircraft operating in their areas. Briefing is concluded with "Nationwide General Aviation Smuggling" trends/cases, which highlight the key indicators resulting in air-related seizures of narcotics and bulk cash.
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JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ ALVAREZ
- Genesis and Drug Trafficking Context in Latin America: A Strategic View Major Jose Alfredo Jimenez Alvarez will present an account of the historic evolution of drug trafficking in Latin America, from a regional perspective. He will analyze the threat and influence of narcoterrorist organizations (Cartels, Illegal Armed Groups) in the production chain of drug trafficking in reference to illegal drugs production, distribution, and trade. He will also discuss mafia links between generations of Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers. Likewise, he will present mega trends of illegal drug trafficking; the impact of the interdiction strategy on criminal structures--from a regional view as of market diversification; implementation of new routes; migration of high profile drug leaders (capos); the impact in biodiversity; and Central America as in flex point and the resulting effect in demand (price vs. purity).
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MERLE MANZI
- Implementing an Agency Criminal Intelligence Plan Supervisors and managers are central to the criminal intelligence process because they
provide a planning and oversight function. The supervisor/manager should set priorities for
intelligence projects and direct the intelligence team in a way that ensures the most efficient agency intelligence operation and creation of the most comprehensive intelligence products possible. The primary responsibility of an intelligence supervisor is effective implementation of intelligence-led policing as an agency policing methodology. The intelligence supervisor/manager is charged with the management of an effective criminal intelligence function that produces actionable intelligence products on a consistent basis, while adhering to standards for privacy and civil liberties. This session will present information intended to enhance the intelligence supervisor/manager's capability to direct and support high quality intelligence functions. Discussions will include several critical activities, including: development of an operational intelligence plan for the overall agency intelligence function—to include mission, goals and objectives—as a guide to activities; creation of policies and written procedures to support the agency’s intelligence plan; direction of all collection and analytic activities in support of the agency’s intelligence plan; and development and application of appropriate evaluation measures to encourage, support, and reinforce the production of high quality intelligence products. This class will also discuss the role of the CEO and the need to create a proper environment for the intelligence function within the agency.
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DR.ROBERT R. TOMES
| RICHARD ANDERSON
| RACHEL STONES
- Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Motion Imagery Analysis Into Law Enforcement Operations This tutorial provides a comprehensive overview of analytic, training, investigative, and public relations considerations associated with integration of Full Motion Video collection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and other enhanced surveillance capabilities into law enforcement, public safety, and regulatory operations. In addition to basic motion imagery exploitation, analysis, and operational support techniques, the course will provide:
(1) examination of FAA decisions effecting the way public safety organizations use small unmanned aerial surveillance platforms and systems; (2) an overview of motion imagery sensors and UAV tactics as they apply to law;
(3)enforcement and homeland security organizations; (4) public relations, legal, privacy, and civil liberties considerations associated with the domestic use of unmanned systems; (5) a basic understanding of technical and investigative issues for UAV integration into operations; and
(6) practical applications for exploitation and analysis of UAV collection
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LAURA-JANE BENOIT
- Intelligence and Illicit Synthetic Drug Production--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Since 2005, Canada has been a source country for MDMA (Ecstasy) and other synthetic drugs. Over the past seven years, law enforcement authorities have discovered that investigating and prosecuting illicit synthetic drug production is a whole new game. The rules are not always clear, the players are often free agents, and the spectators are diverse and enthusiastic. This presentation focuses on illicit synthetic drug (SD) production in Canada, and the role of intelligence in investigating SD production. It will begin with an overview of the synthetic drug market in Canada (including recent changes in trends). The main part of the presentation will be a case study of a precursor chemical/synthetic drug production investigation, with the focus on the role of intelligence. This will include examples of tactical and strategic intelligence work, the roles that intelligence did (and could have) played in the investigation, and the outcome of the case. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and share their experiences throughout the presentation.
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JERRY RATCLIFFE, PH.D
- Intelligence-led Policing This presentation provides attendees with the key points necessary to move forward with intelligence-led policing (ILP). The session approaches ILP from a functional perspective that integrates the intelligence framework with the broader crime reduction goals of the law enforcement agency's organization. It is centered around a business model that integrates interpretation of the criminal environment and influence of decision-makers with a final aim of having an impact on the criminal world. The presentation also examines the roles and integration of intelligence analysts and decision-makers in making crime reduction a reality. The model developed in the presentation is demonstrated with a drug market violence project from Camden, NJ. Unfortunately ILP is still not a concept that is universally understood, and therefore this session concentrates on the key components of anticipating risk and influencing action. The session is complemented by the author’s related chapter on ILP in the LEIU/IALEIA publication “Criminal Intelligence for the 21st Century”, edited by Wright, Morehouse, Peterson and Palmieri.
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MICHAEL T. FLYNN
- Keynote Address Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1981 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Military Intelligence. His first assignment was as a paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since that time he has served in a variety of command and staff positions to include, Commander, 313th Military Intelligence Battalion and G2, 82nd Airborne Division; G2, 18th Airborne Corps, CJ2, CJTF-180 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan; Commander, 111th Military Intelligence Brigade at the Army’s Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Director of Intelligence, Joint Special Operations Command with duty in OEF and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Director of Intelligence, United States Central Command with duty in OEF and OIF; Director of Intelligence, the Joint Staff; Director of Intelligence, International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan and US Forces-Afghanistan, Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2; and he currently serves as the Assistant Director of National Intelligence, Partnership Engagement. Lieutenant General Flynn holds an undergraduate degree in Management Science from the University of Rhode Island and holds three graduate degrees; a Master’s of Business Administration in Telecommunications from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, a Masters in the Military Arts and Sciences from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a Masters in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, from the Institute of World Politics, Washington D.C. Lieutenant General Flynn’s other assignments include multiple tours at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division as a platoon leader for Operation URGENT FURY in Grenada, and as Chief of Joint War Plans for JTF-180 UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti. He also served with the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and as the Senior Observer/Controller for Intelligence at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Lieutenant General Flynn is a graduate of the Army’s Intelligence Officer Basic, Advanced, and Electronic Warfare Courses, the Combined Armed Services Staff Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College and School of Advanced Military Studies and the United States Naval War College. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters), the NATO Service Medal, and several service and campaign ribbons. Lieutenant General Flynn also has earned the Ranger Tab and Master Parachutist Badge, and the Joint Staff Identification Badge.
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DAVID GAVIN
| DAVE PENNYPACKER
- Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx)--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE N-DEx is the FBI CJIS Division’s new national information sharing system for law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. N-DEx is a powerful investigative tool that allows law enforcement agencies to submit and query incident data to make connections between persons, places, events, and crime characteristics – linking information across jurisdictional and state lines – allowing officers to ‘connect the dots’ between people, places, and events in a manner not possible before. IACP, in partnership with the FBI’s CJIS Division, is reaching out to law enforcement agencies across the country to promote awareness and use of N-DEx. This presentation will discuss the capabilities and status of N-DEx now that it is in its final implementation; how individual analysts can participate in N-DEx; and most importantly, provide a live demonstration of real time searches and other capabilities of N-DEx.
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LEONARD W. LEEDY III
- Lead Management of High Profile Criminal Incidents Is your agency prepared to handle the hundreds of leads that could be generated daily by a single high profile criminal incident? Examples include child kidnappings, homicides, and terrorism events. Leonard W. Leedy III, a retired detective now working with ACISS Systems, will discuss the procedures involved in managing and disseminating incoming information--from receipt of the initial tip, through distribution, analysis, assignment, response, and case management. High profile criminal incidents are those loathsome crimes that generate citizen outrage, fear, apprehension, and a sense of community vulnerability. These crimes usually receive widespread media attention by their nature or celebrity status. These type of incidents place a high expectation and demand that law enforcement authorities solve these crimes quickly with arrest and prosecution. Typically, law enforcement authorities seek assistance through the media and citizens for information that can generate a tremendous volume of tips. This information needs to be managed and will task agency resources. Attendees will receive a draft of a "Information Management of High Profile Criminal Incidents Action Plan" that could be tailored into an SOP for their agency.
The ACISS Tips & Tasks module is the core of the ACISS Counter Terrorism Toolkit which allows agencies to collect Suspicious Activity Reports (SARS). ACISS provides integration with several data-sharing initiatives, including a 2-way GJXDM compliant interface with the RISS DES system, support for the National Virtual Pointer System (NVPS), and NIEM and LEXS compliant integration with the Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI) Shared Space for fully automated electronic SAR submission.
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JOHN GORDNIER
| R. K. FRIESEN
- Legal Issues and Privacy in Criminal Intelligence Mr. Gordnier will examine the origins of privacy concepts in the U.S. legal system, the rules which govern the collection, storage, dissemination and destruction of intelligence information as well as the interface between these rules and the "public's right-to-know laws". He will also address matters which ought to be considered by non-U.S. entities when entering into information sharing arrangements with U.S. state and local entities. Mr. Friesen will provide the "Canadian Perspective" and will explore the ability of police and law enforcement agencies to work together cooperatively, sharing vital intelligence in real time. In multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional environments, it is vital to know your legal authorities for disclosing and receiving intelligence and information. This interactive presentation reviews the inter-agency flow of intelligence between Canada, the United States, and other countries.
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MICHAEL HEARNS
- Money Laundering and Its Complexities Involving Gambling, Drug Trafficking, and Narco Terrorism This workshop will address a compendium of money laundering topics including its role in gambling, drug trafficking, and narco terrorism. The clandestine world of money laundering was penetrated in the late 1980s by an aggressive and covert handful of law enforcement officers. One of those officers was Michael Hearns. For 10 years Mr. Hearns lived in a world awash in an endless stream of cocaine and duffel bags crammed with illicit dollars. At times the task seemed insurmountable as the cash was entrusted to him to be rinsed into clean ledgers, bank accounts, precious metal commodities, and untraceable trails of greenbacks. Now retired from the undercover money laundering business, Hearns is now sharing his hard earned knowledge and vast experience with other law enforcement agencies and the financial world.
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STEPHEN MURPHY
- OCDETF Fusion Center: One-stop Shopping for Law Enforcement Investigative Intelligence The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Fusion Center (OFC) has proven itself to be a model for interagency cooperation, and is now the centerpiece of the OCDETF program intelligence-driven strategy. This strategy has evolved to meet the changing needs of law enforcement intelligence-sharing. The OFC, as a multi-agency information and intelligence-sharing operation, delivers to the field “actionable intelligence products”. These products are derived from fused data sourced from domestic, international, and commercial entities. The OFC leverages technology and the analytical abilities of its workforce to provide operational human and financial intelligence products for immediate application in investigations. The OFC is “one stop shopping” for deconfliction and coordination of federal investigations.
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CHARLES COHEN
- OSINT: Observation & Infiltration Open source intelligence (OSINT) is a form of intelligence collection that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and then analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence. Now that the Internet is dominated by Online Social Media, OSINT is a critical component of both criminal and national security investigations. Too often, investigators and analysts overlook or underutilize this valuable resource. Criminal investigators and analysts need to understand how people can conceal their identity on the Internet. Technology may be neutral, but the ability to hide one’s identity and location on the Internet can be both a challenge and an opportunity. While criminals may use various methods to mask their identities, locations, or communications while on the Internet, these same tools provide investigators the opportunity to engage in covert online research and undercover operations. This presentation will explore the challenges that analysts and investigators face differentiating between observation and infiltration of predicated chatter. The advantages and disadvantages of various methods to conceal identities while engaging in online observation and infiltration will be discussed.
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JORGE GIL-BLANCO
- Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs - An International Update--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This workshop will address the international trends of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and will show the similarities in crimes worldwide. The growth of the major Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs will be shown and how they are spreading internationally. The need for intelligence sharing and having a national focus on the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs will be addressed, as well as the need for prosecutorial consistency.
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TIM MURPHY
- Passive Collection: Easy to See Data Your Target (Or You) Might Be Exposing There is data surrounding what you're looking at that you can use for targeting. Through OSINT and social media, it’s become even easier to reach out and learn about someone virtually, sharing perhaps more than they know. How do you bring together all of these free virtual silos to create a single pattern of life? And that’s just what you can see. Images taken by cell phones can reveal where the photo was taken, while webcams secretly broadcast access. This is happening more and more by default as the wired world gets more connected. But how does it help investigators? This presentation will discuss how to securely get to the information, see the information that’s normally invisible, and then fuse it all together. The instructor will explore the Internet in real-time--showing passive exploits and hands-on techniques you can try on your own. Discussion points will include aggregation, visualization and analysis of data from cellular exploitation, open-source (OSINT) data, and metadata you might not know exists. The scope will point at what you should be aware of to defend you and your department, as well as what your target might be revealing.
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LUIS HERNESTO GARCíA HERNáNDEZ
- Police Intelligence: Among the Advent of the “Society of the Risk”, “Threats Globalization”, and Ph Modern police intelligence is sustained on renewed views of a systematic cycle, founded on processes aimed to determine those elements that gravitate around a society increasingly at risk by global threats’ mutation linked to transnational and local crime. Therefore, the challenge is to understand the phenomena that affect citizens' security in order to strengthen anticipation capabilities, as pre-assumption to produce knowledge that will influence the decisions of high ranking officers of Colombia National Police. This is done in such a way that we can accomplish the modification of realities and the fulfillment of citizens' needs.
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CHRISTINA GALECKI
| ROBERT AMADOR
- Preparing for Court Testimony The goal of this session is to prepare intelligence personnel for court testimony. The presenters will discuss their experiences with court testimony, the preparation that goes into testifying in court from the perspective of an analyst and a prosecuting attorney as well as best practices. A sample case will be utilized to guide participants in this workshop through the process and what to expect if and when it comes time to testify. Courtroom testimony will also be addressed in terms of the basics of direct examination, pre-trial motions, communication with the prosecutor, and dealing effectively with cross examination.
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MORDECAI (MORTY) DZIKANSKY
- Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned In the beginning of the second intifada, urban terrorism by means of suicide bombings was the preferred method of attack by terror groups
in Israel. These attacks, which affected the masses and maximized casualties, were relatively inexpensive to execute and getting to the
target location was within reach. Israel’s reaction to suicide bombings, the resilience of its citizens,
and the country’s ensuing security developments show the phenomenal capability of an urban environment succeeding against this type of
terror. Israel’s vast experience in dealing with terrorism has led the country to a pro-active position in developing systems to combat the terror.
Their proven methods are both physical and psychological. They involve the general public as well as trained security professionals. Israel has enacted security laws, built fences, roadblocks, and very strong Intelligence capabilities. This presentation, by a lecturer who attended 21 suicide bombings in Israel and several global attacks, will demystify the event and
provide an analysis of this type of terror attack. Additionally, Israel's Best Practices will be interpreted for practical application in the U.S.
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MAJOR HUSSEIN ALI KAMAL
| MAJOR NASSIR MUTTAR AL ZUBAIDI
- THE FUTURE OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE IN IRAQ The National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) was formally established under the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Structure Law of 1994 as an intelligence directorate within the MoI. After the fall of the former regime and with the assistance of the coalition, the agency was reestablished in 2003 as the Police and Service Agency. Its name changed to the Criminal Intelligence Service (CIS) in 2004. In 2006, Deputy Minister Major General Hussein Ali Kamal requested the minister to change the name from CIS to NIIA to rid the MoI of the stigma of intelligence under the Saddam regime. In November 2011, by official Iraqi Parliament Decree, the National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) was renamed and heretofore designated as the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency (FIIA).
FIIA supports intelligence-driven law enforcement operations at the national level as part of the MoI. It performs intelligence-driven, counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism functions in coordination with other Iraq intelligence community entities and security elements to penetrate major criminal networks and to thwart and defeat criminal activities, including terrorism, that threaten Iraq’s national security.
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JOHN TOBON
| DAVID WEISMAN
- The Future of Money: Is Cash Still King?--LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE As the financial services industry undergoes significant technological advances in payment methods, so goes the criminal world. For that reason officers and analysts from the law enforcement and intelligence communities seek to keep current with the diminishing "cash is king" axiom. This presentation will examine financial sector trends and perspectives on the movement of funds through illicit means and networks and how the increasing dependency on evolving technology will impact investigations and enforcement actions going forward. This session will feature public/private sector equities associated with:
• Mobile Banking: With the proliferation of Smartphone usage and the advent of near-field communications, it is anticipated that phone-based transactions will become a primary means of private and commercial transactions. While phone-based transactions will offer some enhanced protections for users, they will also be highly attractive to bad actors. The session will share what these technologies are and how they may be used and potentially abused.
• Prepaid Access Products: (aka Stored Value Cards) are well known, and in recognition of the growth of that market, the U.S. Government has issued new tools to better track and limit their abuse. The session will briefly discuss what's changed and how the new federal guidelines may affect what's seen in your investigations.
• Virtual payments: From those made through digital currency to the virtual currency originating in online communities – are not the dominant means of licit or illicit financial transactions. Nonetheless, these sites and monetary alternatives are often used by sophisticated criminals. A recent on-line post by a well known hacker group issued a declaration for like-minded followers to exploit on-line virtual currency communities and start using prepaid credit and gift cards “to avoid detection.” The session will consider how these options are being used and what investigators and analysts need to know to detect and track abuse of these sites and associated activities.
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DR. STEPHEN SCHNEIDER
- The Ndrangheta in Europe and North America: A Historical Analysis and Contemporary Threat Assessment The 'Ndrangheta is a criminal organization in Italy, centered in the southern province of Calabria. In recent years, the 'Ndrangheta has emerged as one of the most powerful organized crime syndicates throughout Italy, where it is involved in drug trafficking, extortion, skimming public contracts, prostitution, tobacco smuggling, arms trafficking, and loan sharking. It has also invested heavily in the legitimate economy in order to control profitable sectors and to launder money. The 'Ndrangheta has expanded into other parts of Western and Eastern Europe, and is one of the largest importers and wholesalers of cocaine on the continent. Cells are also located in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. In North America, the history of the 'Ndrangheta reaches back as far as the late 19th Century and local cells with direct ties to clans in Italy have been active since at least the 1950s. Toronto is considered a particular stronghold for the 'Ndrangheta in North America. This presentation will provide an overview of the 'Ndrangheta, including its origins, its historical development, as well as current structure and criminal activities within Italy, Europe, and North America. Particular emphasis will be placed on a threat assessment of the 'Ndrangheta in North America.
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JOHN STOLTER
- Thinking About Thinking: Insights for Intelligence Officers, Investigators, and Analysts All law enforcement and intelligence personnel have many significant advantages going for them. They are bright, well-educated, and experienced. Ironically these traits can sometimes conspire to sabotage their thinking. This session explains why the human mind satisfies – why we often favor the first plausible alternative entertained, and why we resist almost any attempt to structure a problem or decision. In this presentation, John Stolter, Director of Operations for Analytic Advantage, Inc. explains several “problematic proclivities” that impede more objective analysis and provides several quick examples of structuring techniques that can be quickly and easily learned. The session will explain ACH (Analysis of Competing Hypothesis) because it is the essential analytic tool for organizing evidence for any criminal investigation and intelligence for analysis, including some nuances that not everyone pays attention to. The other tool the instructor will explore is Problem Restatement, a simple technique that can be performed at a desk with pencil and paper or in a patrol car verbally with a partner. The participants will also be challenged with a couple of “minder teasers” that will demonstrate flaws in the way we think.
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JAMES EMERY
- U.S. Measures to Counter Terrorism Financing: Lebanese Canadian Bank Case Example--LAW ENFORCEMENT S This presentation will review the law enforcement investigative and analytical work that led to the sanctions levied against the Lebanese Canadian Bank. The focus will be on how criminal activity, typically associated with organized groups, can be used to finance terror. The discussion will include counter measures available to analysts, investigators, and prosecutors.
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LAUREN SCOTT, PH.D.
- Using Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS for Crime Analysis GIS spatial data analysis techniques now include statistical methods specifically designed for use with spatial data. The first part of this workshop describes how spatial pattern analysis techniques can be used to assist police departments and crime analysts. The focus is on 1) analyzing crime hot spots; 2) assessing risk; and 3) looking for clues in spatial relationships. The second part of the workshop will introduce regression analysis techniques, the challenges associated with using regression analysis on spatial data, and a variety of diagnostic tools and methods for overcoming these challenges. This workshop is particularly helpful for crime analysts who: 1) want to move beyond point maps of crime incidents; 2) are frustrated by the subjectivity associated with density methods for hot spot mapping; and
3) want to take their analyses to the next step-- not just asking “where” questions, but using regression modeling to answer “why” questions.
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LEW NELSON
| JOHN BECK
| CURTIS GARTON
| MILAN MUELLER
- What’s New in GIS for the Intelligence Analyst New tips and tricks for the intelligence analyst using GIS. The presentation will include the latest developments in ArcGIS, including the use of GIS for the enterprise, cloud, and in mobile applications. The instructors will also cover the use of GIS for social media monitoring, the creation of maps in the Microsoft Office environment, and an overview of three techniques to help crime analysts show a suspect at the scene of a crime. These techniques use mobile phone records, offender tracking data, and ALPR data.
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