Deck 7: Intelligence and the Tactical Analyst

Question 1

In 2005, the New York City Police Department opened its $11 million Real-Time Crime Center.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The NYPD's RTCC was designed to have a workspace for analysts to work cohesively with sworn law enforcement

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The intelligence process focuses on turning information into intelligence.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The 5-step intelligence process includes the step of analyzing the intelligence so even the police chief can understand it

Question 5

When performing the intelligence processing functions in a real-time setting, the tactical analyst is required to rapidly data mine information.

Question 6

A tactical analyst has the responsibilities of, among other things, collecting and evaluating data

Question 7

Intelligence-led policing often focuses on traffic problems

Question 8

The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) issued a report in 2005 that defined intelligence-led policing, in part, as the collection and analysis of information to produce an intelligence end product

Question 9

The GIWG stated that intelligence-led policing is multijurisdictional, threat-driven, and strategic

Question 10

According to the GIWG, intelligence-led policing predominantly focuses on criminal enterprises such as bank fraud

Question 11

In general, terrorism is the unlawful use of force and violence to intimidate or coerce a government in furtherance of political or social objectives.

Question 12

It is only through the intelligence process, and intelligence-led policing, that law enforcement can create credible intelligence intended to identify individuals, groups and potential soft-target locations related to terrorism.

Question 13

In 2005 when the New York City Police Department opened its $11 million Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC), it was designed to have a work space for analysts to work cohesively with ______________.

A) Sworn law enforcement in a technologically driven environment.
B) The Better Business Bureau.
C) Wall Street bankers.
D) Forensic labs to gather evidence.

Question 14

At the time when the NYPD's RTCC opened, then police commissioner Raymond Kelly stated that technology combined with good old-fashioned police work can ultimately ______________.

A) Solve every violent crime.
B) Result in a comprehensive stop and frisk program.
C) Create a safer community.
D) Eliminate the need for patrol officers.

Question 15

With the advent of RTCCs, the need to train traditional crime analysts in the field of intelligence analysis became ______________.

A) Unnecessary.
B) Clearly evident.
C) A problem for 9-1-1 dispatchers.
D) A silly notion.

Question 16

The intelligence cycle is also known as the ______________.

A) Investigative procedure
B) Intelligence quotient
C) Intelligence process
D) Investigator's nightmare

Question 17

The intelligence process focuses on turning information into _______.

A) Evidence
B) Esoteric data
C) A solid lead
D) Intelligence

Question 18

Useable information is ______________ intelligence.

A) Forgotten
B) Actionable
C) Deep
D) Public

Question 19

The Five-Step Intelligence Process involves Planning and direction, Collection of data, and ______________.

A) Filtering out bad information.
B) Filtering out hearsay evidence.
C) Processing all of the collected information into a usable & organized format
D) Processing only the most interesting information.

Question 20

The Five-Step Intelligence Process also involves Analyzing the intelligence and converting it into actual intelligence and then _______.

A) Putting it on a shelf.
B) Only letting the police chief see it.
C) Disseminating it in various forms.
D) Placing it in a locked file cabinet.

Question 21

When performing the intelligence processing functions in a real-time setting, the tactical analyst is required to rapidly ______________.

A) Data mine information gleaned from 911 dispatched crimes in progress.
B) Solve the crime.
C) Gather all the evidence and preserve it.
D) Learn the backgrounds of all the detectives.

Question 22

Whether the analyst is acting in the capacity of an intelligence analyst or a real-time tactical analyst, his or her roles and responsibilities include Collection, Evaluation, Analysis, Conclusions based on analysis, Product development and distribution and, finally, ______________.

A) Notices to the media
B) Follow-up
C) Wait for results
D) Go on to a new project

Question 23

Intelligence-led policing often focuses on ______________.

A) Petty crimes
B) Identity theft
C) Threats
D) Murder

Question 24

Intelligence-led policing usually concerns itself with the elimination of specific ______________.

A) Threats
B) Criminals
C) Misinformation
D) Property crimes

Question 25

The process of intelligence-led policing begins with information derived from the ______________.

A) 9-1-1 dispatcher
B) Chief of police
C) Supreme Court
D) Field

Question 26

The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) issued a report in 2005 that defined intelligence-led policing as:

A) The processing of criminal events by very smart police officers
B) The collection and analysis of information to produce an intelligence end product
C) The solving of international crimes by master criminals
D) The collection of information from international sleeper cells

Question 27

As defined in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, the federal crime of terrorism is:

A) An offense against humanity
B) An offense that is related to shootings at churches
C) An offense that is meant to intimidate the police
D) An offense that is calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct

Question 28

The terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, opened America's eyes to a new kind of threat to the nation's security; that new threat was ______________.

A) Identity theft
B) Terrorism
C) Bank fraud
D) Crypto-currency theft

Question 29

It is only through the intelligence process, and intelligence-led policing, that law enforcement can create credible intelligence intended to identify _______.

A) Master criminals
B) Corrupt politicians
C) Individuals and groups involved in terrorism
D) Which children may be kidnapped

Question 30

Based on efforts to improve sharing among law enforcement agencies following 9/11, several acts and plans were created to assist with interagency cooperation and ______________ among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

A) Intelligence sharing
B) Acting independently
C) Competition
D) Rivalry

Question 31

The Homeland Security Act was passed in 2002 in order to consolidate several federal agencies under ______________.

A) One super FBI department
B) One master planner: The President of the United States
C) One governing body
D) One Pentagon-led Army agency

Question 32

The common denominator among the laws and plans developed after 9/11 was intelligence and the need for information and intelligence to be ______________ among those organizations that utilize intelligence to investigate crime.

A) Held privately
B) Broadcast to the terrorists
C) Shared
D) Communicated on a need-to-know basis