Our guest, Rachael Songalewski, gives us insight on how Amtrak’s safety and security team operates as well as tips for current and aspiring leaders. Rachael’s badge story involves investigations into human trafficking, child prostitution, and robberies when Rachael was serving on her department’s anti-human trafficking team.

Jennifer Loper, one of the driving forces that gave us two amazing websites: the Arizona Association of Crime Analysts (AACA) and IACA! In this episode, Jennifer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how each of these websites were developed, how they’re maintained, and their current functionalities for their members.

Rich Kilburn gives us insights on how the military and law enforcement analysis was when he first started, and how it evolved over his three decades of experience in each. Rich presents us with a couple of analyst badge stories this week, one involving a patrol workload assessment that improved workflow and promoted efficiency, and the other about the (caught and convicted) Fast Food Serial Killer, Paul Dennis Reid.

Today’s episode is all about geographic profiling and features Dr. Kim Rossmo, a legend in the field of criminology. Dr. Rossmo is a research professor with the Criminal Justice Department at Texas State University. He has written and contributed to countless publications and book reviews and has been on several TV shows, serving as the expert for geographical profiling.

Annette Shapiro educates us on the intricacies and complications of working and trying to prosecute a fentanyl investigation; she also gives tips and tricks on how to be an effective expert witness. Annette also discusses the domino effect of a burglary case that led to frauds.

Mark Evans is a Deputy Chief Executive with Ngā Pirihimana Aotearoa, the New Zealand Police, where he has served since 2011. He has held a wide range of positions in the New Zealand Police, including ministerial services, policy, strategy, service delivery, prevention, transformation, insights, deployment, and road policing.

The episode is about criminal intelligence in the military and features Dr. Eugene Matthews, a leader in the education of criminal intelligence analysis. Dr. Matthews led the initial development and implementation of the US Army Police Intelligence Operation (PIO) doctrine.

Graphic designer turned crime analyst, Christine Talley joins us this week with an inspiring story of how she transitioned from one career to another, and how she was able to use the skill sets from her previous career to the current one.

Today’s episode is about the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), a nationwide support system for law enforcement and regulatory agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. Dale Smith is featured in this episode, and we hear about how the NW3C delivers training in computer forensics, cyber and financial crime investigations, and intelligence analysis.

Expert intelligence analyst Randall (Randy) Stickley joins us this week with a jam-packed episode about open source intelligence (OSINT) and two badge stories: his work using intelligence analysis in Libya and an investigation involving human and drug trafficking.