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The Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) that is occurring within the scenario involving Major Warren is not something that is uncommon. ILP is composed of six different steps in order to guide decision making when relying on the analysis of raw information (Carter & Carter, 2012). The steps include (1) planning/direction, (2) collection, (3) processing/collation, (4) analysis, (5) dissemination, and (6) re-evaluation (United States Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2013). By utilizing this process Major Warren will be properly informed on the variables that are related to threats, so that a prevention strategy can be implemented (Carter & Carter, 2012). The first step of planning and direction is depicted in the scenario for this active learning assignment. Typically, one of the main fundamental errors that policy makers commit is not seeing things that are presented in the intelligence reports. Major Warren is doing an efficient/effective job in reducing the potential for error by utilizing many different levels/types of personnel for the planning process. Additionally, Major Warren is reducing this potential error by using many different sources of intelligence from past political events in order to identify threats that were missed before. Despite these efforts to minimize error, there is room for improvement by integrating external threat assessment teams that are employed outside of the police agency. For example, Major Warren could implement a Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) system that citizens can utilize when reporting potentially threatening activities (Carter & Carter, 2012). Law enforcement agencies who have utilized this type of information have documented the SAR as a key resource in successful threat prevention (Carter & Carter, 2012).
The second fundamental error that Major Warren could commit during the planning of the DRNC event is observing a threat that is not presented by the information on the intelligence reports. This fundamental error could occur because Major Warren and those assigned to analyzing the intelligence data could be too narrowly focused on certain aspects of the intelligence versus viewing the larger objective. For example, Major Warren and his team could view a threat from a local protest group that has no prior record of being violent, but miss the information about a much larger threatening group. In order to combat this fundamental error, Major Warren needs to integrate a private sector company that can partner with the law enforcement agency in the intelligence analysis (Carter & Carter, 2012). By incorporating this external company, it will allow Major Warren to receive recommendations that will not be clouded by the law enforcement agencies biases or narrow focus. Additionally, utilizing an external company to assist in the intelligence analysis will allow for more community policing and citizens might feel more inclined to report information to an external company versus directly to Major Warren's agency (Carter & Carter, 2012).