Our guest this week worked her way through several law enforcement positions before landing her current analytical role but Dana Boss wouldn’t change a thing because each position has helped her in crime analysis.

Today’s rerelease is from Debbie’s interview with the late Bryan Hill who talks about the book Fundamentals of Crime Mapping (coauthored with Dr. Rebecca Paynich). Bryan has great advice that will benefit analysts today. The original episode was published on April 20, 2009.  What’s changed and what’s remained?  Take a listen.

Today’s rerelease is from Debbie’s interview with Dr. William Tafoya who talks about law enforcement technology, the internet, and investigations. The original episode was published on September 3, 2008.  What’s changed and what’s remained?  Take a listen.

Today’s rerelease is from Debbie’s interview with Lisa Palmieri who was the president of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA). The original episode was published nearly 14 years ago on August 18, 2008.  What’s changed and what’s remained?  Take a listen.

Rachel Carson joins us this week from the UK with a unique story on how she discovered the law enforcement analysis profession, and how she helped develop a crime analysis unit. Her badge story consists of developing algorithms and best practices to help track ”hot routes” between train terminals.

Daniel M. Schwartz is a Program Coordinator and Professor at Humber College’s Protection, Security & Investigation program where he teaches courses in Intelligence Analysis, Crime Analysis, Risk Management, and Global Crime & Security.

Akshata Kumavat walks us through her educational journey and the difficulties with learning both India’s and USA’s laws. Akshata’s badge story involves using a persons-of-interest database to help solve older cases (e.g., homicides); Akshata emphasizes that locations can change, but criminals tend to be creatures of habit, committing similar crimes in other places.

Daniel M. Schwartz is a Program Coordinator and Professor at Humber College’s Protection, Security & Investigation program where he teaches courses in Intelligence Analysis, Crime Analysis, Risk Management, and Global Crime & Security.

In this special episode from Leapodcasts, Dawn Reeby talks about lessons learned from her first book Bigger than Data and her goals for her upcoming 2nd book Building a Crime Analysis Legacy.

Our guest this week, David Cariens details how he got started in intelligence analysis with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in its earlier days, his initial assignments, and what the agency is looking for when hiring. David discusses the CIA’s relationship with its sister-agencies (FBI & NSA), and the workplace culture between operations (sworn personnel) and civilians. David is currently retired, but he continues teaching in the field and writing on the topic of mass shootings, a topic to which he has a very personal connection.