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Intelligence Led Policing and Civil Liberties
Dorothy Savage
PSF5308
Law Enforce Intel-Led Police
Instructor: Dr. Arthur Hayden December 13, 2013
According to Peterson (2005) Intelligence-led policing is a collaborative enterprise based on improved intelligence operations and community-oriented policing and problem solving, which the field has considered beneficial for many years. To implement intelligence-led policing, police organizations need to reevaluate their current policies and protocols. Intelligence must be incorporated into the planning process to reflect community problems and issues. Information sharing must become a policy, not an informal practice. Most important, intelligence must be contingent on quality analysis of data. The development of analytical techniques, training, and technical assistance needs to be supported. It was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that revealed a life-and-death importance of enhancing U.S. intelligence operations. There has been a tremendous amount of attention on the need for constructive changes in law enforcement intelligence (Peterson, 2005).
Ethical debate between individual rights and national security
There have been many ethical issues being debated since October, 2001 on the USA PATRIOT Act (PLAW 107-56, 2001) that claimed encroachment of American civil liberties and Constitutional rights. Some Americans oppose the new law because he or she believes it gives the Federal Government and agencies too much freedom to conduct surveillance using various methods such as cell phones, internet and financial systems databases. It is argued that freedom goes against their First Amendment rights which protect their freedom of speech and their Fourth Amendment Rights which protect “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures
Intelligence Led Policing and Civil Liberties
Dorothy Savage
PSF5308
Law Enforce Intel-Led Police
Instructor: Dr. Arthur Hayden December 13, 2013
According to Peterson (2005) Intelligence-led policing is a collaborative enterprise based on improved intelligence operations and community-oriented policing and problem solving, which the field has considered beneficial for many years. To implement intelligence-led policing, police organizations need to reevaluate their current policies and protocols. Intelligence must be incorporated into the planning process to reflect community problems and issues. Information sharing must become a policy, not an informal practice. Most important, intelligence must be contingent on quality analysis of data. The development of analytical techniques, training, and technical assistance needs to be supported. It was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that revealed a life-and-death importance of enhancing U.S. intelligence operations. There has been a tremendous amount of attention on the need for constructive changes in law enforcement intelligence (Peterson, 2005).
Ethical debate between individual rights and national security
There have been many ethical issues being debated since October, 2001 on the USA PATRIOT Act (PLAW 107-56, 2001) that claimed encroachment of American civil liberties and Constitutional rights. Some Americans oppose the new law because he or she believes it gives the Federal Government and agencies too much freedom to conduct surveillance using various methods such as cell phones, internet and financial systems databases. It is argued that freedom goes against their First Amendment rights which protect their freedom of speech and their Fourth Amendment Rights which protect “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures