CJ 531

Covert Operations in Policing

This course is an introduction to intelligence in policing and law enforcement with an emphasis on three key topics: 1) developing awareness and understanding of human intelligence (HUMINT) as a primary means of collecting information required to develop intelligence for solving, predicting, and hindering crime & criminal behavior; 2) developing skills in selecting and using analytical tools used by law enforcement intelligence and crime analysts: association and activities matrices, link analysis diagrams, social network analysis, pattern wheel analysis, mind mapping, concept map, and others; and 3) understanding the critical role of planning in law enforcement and the relationship between planning, operations and intelligence

Units: 3.0