Working Towards Intelligence-Led Policing: The Phoenix Police Department Intelligence Officer Program Policing-a Journal of Policy and Practice

• NCJ Number: 252561
• Journal: Policing-a Journal of Policy and Practice Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Dated: 2018 Pages: 332-343
• Author(s): Cody W. Telep; Justin Ready; A. J. Bottema
• Date Published: 2018
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2016-DG-BX-K050
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Evaluation; Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article presents an overview of the intelligence officer (IO) program of the Phoenix Police Department (Arizona), along with the literature on intelligence-led policing that guided the IO program's development, and implementation efforts to date are described.

Abstract

Since October 2014, the Phoenix Police Department has been implementing an innovative program that integrates intelligence with patrol operations by using intelligence officers (IOs). The program involves the use of IOs trained to focus on information-gathering and reporting to intelligence analysts as part of their daily patrol activities and working collaboratively to use intelligence to solve recurring problems. This article also discusses an evaluation of the impact of the program on intelligence gathered, officer activities, and crime. Results of two waves of the IO program's initial effects on officer attitudes indicate that patrol officers generally support the program. (publisher abstract modified)