No-Cost Training at LSU's NCBRT: Fundamentals of Criminal Intelligence

The National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT) at Louisiana State University has three sessions of its Fundamentals of Criminal Intelligence course scheduled this month:

Course Summary

This awareness-level course, Fundamentals of Criminal Intelligence, presents participants with the core capabilities required for participants from an allcrimes, all-hazards perspective. It encompasses traditional crimes and domestic and international acts of terrorism. This course introduces participants to intelligence and distinguishes between intelligence and information. Among the topics covered are the Intelligence Community, responsibilities of participants, and goals and uses of criminal intelligence products. The potential range of customers and their needs are addressed. This course incorporates the five-step intelligence process and the importance of critical and creative thinking as it pertains to analysis of information and the intelligence process. Participants will become familiar with the Information Sharing Environment, suspicious activity reporting, and legal authorities and guidance associated with criminal intelligence collection and use, including privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties laws. Finally, this course addresses the benefits of forming strategic partnerships and collaborative networks.

The goal of this course is to ensure participants leave equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively participate in and contribute to the criminal intelligence enterprises within their agencies.