Intelligence Analysis for Criminal Investigations

Author(s): David Byrne

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This one-of-kind Workbook contains over 40 Activities, 22 Topics, 2 Investigation Case Studies and 2 Intelligence Briefing Reports. It also covers everything an Intelligence Analyst would need in handling a criminal investigation including tactics to collect information, an affidavit and search warrant template, methods to analyze telephonic and financial records and strategies in creating visuals including link analysis charts, association matrixes, telephone spoke charts, and financial activity flow charts. 

 

TOPIC 1: TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE 

ACTIVITY: TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE 

INVESTIGATION CASE STUDY #1

TOPIC 2: START OF INVESTIGATION —FACT PATTERN 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DETAILS 

TOPIC 3: 28 CFR 23 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DATABASE ENTRIES 

TOPIC 4: ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

TOPIC 5: LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

TOPIC 6: EVENT MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN EVENT MATRIX 

TOPIC 7: RESEARCH THE CRIME 

ACTIVITY: PERFORM RESEARCH ABOUT THE CRIME 

TOPIC 8: TYPES OF INFORMATION 

TOPIC 9: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

ACTIVITY: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

SEARCH WARRANT

TOPIC 10: SEARCH WARRANT AND AFFIDAVIT

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN AFFIDAVIT 

TOPIC 11: ESTABLISHING PROBABLE CAUSE 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT PROBABLE CAUSE COMPONENT 

TOPIC 12: SEARCH WARRANT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A SEARCH WARRANT 

TOPIC 13: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SEIZED ITEMS 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT FINAL SECTION OF SEARCH WARRANT 

TELEPHONIC RECORDS

TOPIC 14: PHONE RECORDS 

ACTIVITY: SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS—CDR REVIEW 

ACTIVITY: TELEPHONE CALL MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: CALLS ORGANIZATION 

TOPIC 15: TELEPHONE SPOKE CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A TELEPHONE SPOKE CHART 

ACTIVITY: CONCLUSIONS FROM PHONE RECORDS 

TOPIC 16: PHOTOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM CELL PHONE 

ACTIVITY: PHOTOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FROM CELL PHONE 

SEARCH WARRANT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

TOPIC 17: ITEMS SEIZED FROM GAS STATION 

ACTIVITY: ITEMS SEIZED FROM GAS STATION 

FINANCIAL RECORDS

TOPIC 18: FINANCIAL RECORDS 

ACTIVITY: BANK STATEMENT RECEIVED 

TOPIC 19: MONEY LAUNDERING 

TOPIC 20: FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FLOW CHART EXAMPLE 

TOPIC 21: NEW INFORMATION RECEIVED 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FLOW CHART 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING REPORT

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 1 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 2 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 3 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 4 

INVESTIGATION CASE STUDY #2

TOPIC 22: START OF NEW INVESTIGATION - (FACT PATTERN) 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DETAILS 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN EVENT MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: PERFORM RESEARCH ABOUT THE CRIME 

ACTIVITY: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

SEARCH WARRANT

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN AFFIDAVIT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT PROBABLE CAUSE COMPONENT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A SEARCH WARRANT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT FINAL SECTION OF SEARCH WARRANT 

TELEPHONIC RECORDS

ACTIVITY: SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS – CDR REVIEW 

ACTIVITY: TELEPHONE CALL MATRIX 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING REPORT

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 1 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 2 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 3 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 4 

David Byrne

Dr. David S. Byrne is currently an Assistant Professor at St. John's University in the Criminal Justice & Homeland Security department and teaches courses in Crime Scene Investigation, Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Investigations, and Counterterrorism. Dr. Byrne has over 15 years of experience in law enforcement, having provided intelligence analytical support in cases involving violent transnational criminal organizations. He was also cross-designated as a Special Detective Investigator for the District Attorney offices in Queens, Richmond, and Manhattan counties in New York where he assisted in the investigation and prosecution of organized crime networks involved in narcotics trafficking, violent extortions, and racketeering offenses.

Since 2015, he also taught at SUNY Farmingdale College, Center for Criminal Justice; courses included Criminalistics, Computer Forensics, and Intelligence Operations. Dr. Byrne was the recipient of the prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching (2023-2024) and received two grants for the development of a Mock Crime Scene simulation program at the school, see https://youtu.be/uwJahkCNsnA

Dr. Byrne's teaching method focuses on applied and experiential learning through the incorporation of hands-on learning activities to improve student outcomes, critical thinking skills, and long-term knowledge retention. His research interests focus on improving criminal justice education via technology simulations, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and intelligence studies and has published articles in these areas in scholarly journals and authored two books.

Dr. David Byrne earned his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Information Science with a concentration in Criminal Justice Technologies, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice both from LIU Post, New York and a second Masters in Library & Information Science, from St. John's University in New York.

This one-of-kind Workbook contains over 40 Activities, 22 Topics, 2 Investigation Case Studies and 2 Intelligence Briefing Reports. It also covers everything an Intelligence Analyst would need in handling a criminal investigation including tactics to collect information, an affidavit and search warrant template, methods to analyze telephonic and financial records and strategies in creating visuals including link analysis charts, association matrixes, telephone spoke charts, and financial activity flow charts. 

 

TOPIC 1: TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE 

ACTIVITY: TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE 

INVESTIGATION CASE STUDY #1

TOPIC 2: START OF INVESTIGATION —FACT PATTERN 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DETAILS 

TOPIC 3: 28 CFR 23 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DATABASE ENTRIES 

TOPIC 4: ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

TOPIC 5: LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

TOPIC 6: EVENT MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN EVENT MATRIX 

TOPIC 7: RESEARCH THE CRIME 

ACTIVITY: PERFORM RESEARCH ABOUT THE CRIME 

TOPIC 8: TYPES OF INFORMATION 

TOPIC 9: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

ACTIVITY: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

SEARCH WARRANT

TOPIC 10: SEARCH WARRANT AND AFFIDAVIT

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN AFFIDAVIT 

TOPIC 11: ESTABLISHING PROBABLE CAUSE 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT PROBABLE CAUSE COMPONENT 

TOPIC 12: SEARCH WARRANT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A SEARCH WARRANT 

TOPIC 13: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SEIZED ITEMS 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT FINAL SECTION OF SEARCH WARRANT 

TELEPHONIC RECORDS

TOPIC 14: PHONE RECORDS 

ACTIVITY: SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS—CDR REVIEW 

ACTIVITY: TELEPHONE CALL MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: CALLS ORGANIZATION 

TOPIC 15: TELEPHONE SPOKE CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A TELEPHONE SPOKE CHART 

ACTIVITY: CONCLUSIONS FROM PHONE RECORDS 

TOPIC 16: PHOTOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM CELL PHONE 

ACTIVITY: PHOTOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FROM CELL PHONE 

SEARCH WARRANT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

TOPIC 17: ITEMS SEIZED FROM GAS STATION 

ACTIVITY: ITEMS SEIZED FROM GAS STATION 

FINANCIAL RECORDS

TOPIC 18: FINANCIAL RECORDS 

ACTIVITY: BANK STATEMENT RECEIVED 

TOPIC 19: MONEY LAUNDERING 

TOPIC 20: FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FLOW CHART EXAMPLE 

TOPIC 21: NEW INFORMATION RECEIVED 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FLOW CHART 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING REPORT

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 1 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 2 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 3 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 4 

INVESTIGATION CASE STUDY #2

TOPIC 22: START OF NEW INVESTIGATION - (FACT PATTERN) 

ACTIVITY: IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPECTS AND DETAILS 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN ASSOCIATION MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A LINK ANALYSIS CHART 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN EVENT MATRIX 

ACTIVITY: PERFORM RESEARCH ABOUT THE CRIME 

ACTIVITY: COLLECTION STRATEGY 

SEARCH WARRANT

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN AFFIDAVIT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT PROBABLE CAUSE COMPONENT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT A SEARCH WARRANT 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT FINAL SECTION OF SEARCH WARRANT 

TELEPHONIC RECORDS

ACTIVITY: SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS – CDR REVIEW 

ACTIVITY: TELEPHONE CALL MATRIX 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING REPORT

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 1 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 2 

ACTIVITY: INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 3 

ACTIVITY: DRAFT AN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 4 

David Byrne

Dr. David S. Byrne is currently an Assistant Professor at St. John's University in the Criminal Justice & Homeland Security department and teaches courses in Crime Scene Investigation, Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Investigations, and Counterterrorism. Dr. Byrne has over 15 years of experience in law enforcement, having provided intelligence analytical support in cases involving violent transnational criminal organizations. He was also cross-designated as a Special Detective Investigator for the District Attorney offices in Queens, Richmond, and Manhattan counties in New York where he assisted in the investigation and prosecution of organized crime networks involved in narcotics trafficking, violent extortions, and racketeering offenses.

Since 2015, he also taught at SUNY Farmingdale College, Center for Criminal Justice; courses included Criminalistics, Computer Forensics, and Intelligence Operations. Dr. Byrne was the recipient of the prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching (2023-2024) and received two grants for the development of a Mock Crime Scene simulation program at the school, see https://youtu.be/uwJahkCNsnA

Dr. Byrne's teaching method focuses on applied and experiential learning through the incorporation of hands-on learning activities to improve student outcomes, critical thinking skills, and long-term knowledge retention. His research interests focus on improving criminal justice education via technology simulations, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and intelligence studies and has published articles in these areas in scholarly journals and authored two books.

Dr. David Byrne earned his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Information Science with a concentration in Criminal Justice Technologies, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice both from LIU Post, New York and a second Masters in Library & Information Science, from St. John's University in New York.