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Respond to Johnny:
Reviewing information and assessments of intelligence-led policing and intelligent-led corrections in response to terrorism have provided much insight on law enforcement and corrections operations as a whole. Terrorism has been a priority since the attacks on September 9/11 led to a heightened response to terrorism in American and the middle-east alike. According to research from the Criminal Justice Policy Review, post-9/11 era is experiencing a philosophical change that has expanded community and problem oriented policing to include broader philosophy of intelligence-led policing across America. Additionally, intelligence led policing is being enhanced by a number of federal law enforcement agencies while aggressively adjusting their tactics and operations to meet the diverse demands of national security in relation to terrorism (Carter & Carter, 2009). The implementation of intelligence led policing is comprised of four components which are, Organizational Realignment, Intelligence Cycle, Regional Operations and Intelligence Center, and Strategic Planning & Intelligence Driven Analysis. They all play a vital role in law enforcements ability to provide situational awareness while providing intelligence for strategic planning based on a creative intelligence driven analysis. Additionally it creates law enforcement priorities and the ability to critically allocate resources based on the intelligence analysis and terrorism threat (Fuentes, 2006). Looking at the approach based on the New Jersey Police Guide to Intelligence Led Policing one can relate it to any aspect of operations when pertaining to law enforcement or security. The idea is to know the threat capabilities, self-assessed vulnerabilities, comprehensive mitigation strategies, and available resources.
Leaders at all levels of law enforcement must understand that much of the operations pertaining to law enforcement and combating terrorism is driven by collective intelligence gathered by not only local law enforcement or its community but the information is connected nationally. Much of the problems that occurred prior to 9/11 pertaining to combating and mitigation of terrorism is that agencies simply did not share information which could have painted a larger picture and or stopped the attack prior to it happening (Brown, 2013). Although much of the intelligence begins with data it slowly builds up to be useful information in law enforcement. As stated by the New Jersey State Police that problems in the past have been contributed to law enforcement agents misusing official intelligence or misunderstood information gathered from the general public. Those mishaps have led to missed opportunities and an inability to correctly analyze data into useful information to combat terrorism (Carter & Carter, 2009). Ultimately the New Jersey State Police have painted a picture that clearly shoes information sharing, improved communication, and coordination of effort leads to more effective policing. The intelligence-led policing is a management philosophy which supports not only effective use of intelligence and coordination but also the allocation of resources which includes equipment and manpower. The key to intelligence led policing is to have an answer for targeted resource allocation to effectively combat crime, terrorism and other law enforcement concerns (Carter & Carter, 2009). I believe that utilizing the data and analyzing it correctly to create information that assists law enforcement operations is the key to mitigating threats and combating terrorism as a nation.
References
Brown, I. (2013). The Global Online Freedom Act. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 153-160.
Carter, D. L., & Carter, J. G. (2009). Intelligence-Led Policing: Conceptual and Functional Considerations for Public Policy. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 310-325.
Fuentes, J. (2006, September). Practical Guide to INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING. Retrieved from New Jersey State Police: http://www.njsp.org/divorg/invest/pdf/njsp_ilpguid…