CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Automated Fingerprint Identification, Strategic Intelligence, Fingerprint
Document Summary
Compiling information and using it in a variety of ways. Using experts to determine where, when and how a crime might happen. Dispatch training, human resource, property and evidence control, record keeping. Crime-fighting only a small part of police work. Officers collect information and typically file a written report. Critical incidents = running hot a scene (10-50a in tuscaloosa) The process of discovering, collection, preparing, identifying, and presenting evidence to determine what happened who is responsible. Make sure that the scene has not been messed with. Police planners use tools to help predict when/where crimes will occur. A style of police management that stresses proactive problem solving instead of reactive crime fighting. Focus is on the relationship between patrol officers and citizens. Intelligence that can be used to make a strategy to catch criminals.