• To help develop career track opportunities for intelligence analysts and aid in professional growth in general ,
• To promote and , if possible , provide or sponsor , effective analytical training to analysts in state and local law enforcement agencies ,
• To establish a standard of analytical training that will impart the knowledge , skills and competencies required by analysts .
The Benefit of a Good Intelligence Analyst All of GBIs intelligence analysts are enrolled in the CIA Certification Program . Over time , as they progress in their careers , they will all receive equivalent training in basic and advanced analytical courses as well as training in specialty programs . As other state and local agencies start , grow , and / or develop their own intelligence units ; their intelligence analysts can directly benefit from the training and connectivity offered within The Program . The CIA Certification Program establishes that baseline standardization for training so agencies can ensure their Intelligence Units and respective personnel establish the proper foundation in a manner consistent with other agencies . As intelligence analysts work through the certification program , they are also involved with the cases in their agencies , gaining experience , learning from their co-workers , and ( hopefully ) interacting with fellow analysts from other agencies . This type of professional growth benefits their agency as a whole . Based on the identified needs of the agency , trained intelligence analysts can provide :
• Objective , meaningful , and actionable tactical information and intelligence on cases ,
• Research and evaluation of leads , tips , and suspicious activity reporting ,
• Statistics and information on crime trends based on in-house data ,
• Intelligence reporting based on incidental case information ,
• Research for employee background investigations ,
• Strategic analyses for Command Staff or other upper-level managers ,
• Information bulletins and one-pagers for identified trends or public safety / officer safety concerns for front line officers and shift change ,
• Graphical products for cases , court presentation , or other situations ,
• Phone and social media analysis for criminal investigations .
By no means is this to be considered a comprehensive list . There are many more specific items that might be needed by an agency and defined by their unique requirements and needs .
Directors , Chiefs , Commanders , Unit Chiefs , Sheriffs , and Deputy Directors all help to shape the needs , requirements , and overall direction of the agency ; agents , investigators , detectives , and front-line officers provide the movement , actions , and responses ; intelligence analysts can provide the backbone and connections that help to bring it all together . Now , more than ever , intelligence analysts are uniquely positioned to be force multipliers for agencies during times of increased public scrutiny , budget shortfalls , and a heightened threat environment .
Terri St . Romain is a Supervisory Criminal Intelligence Analyst with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ( GBI ) assigned to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( GISAC ), Georgia ’ s Fusion Center . She has been with the GBI as an analyst for more than 21 years . Terri is the Analyst Training Supervisor at GBI-GISAC where he conducts and coordinates the training program for new analysts both in-house as well as offsite training as well as the training for the GBI ’ s Analyst Certification Program
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