NCJ Number
118534
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1989) Pages: 1-5
Date Published
1989
Length
5 pages
Annotation
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is one of the few law enforcement organizations in the United States which has a full-time unit for the purpose of combating terrorism.
Abstract
The Anti-Terrorist Division of the LAPD is composed of surveillance, investigative, legal, and intelligence analysis sections. The analysis unit assesses threats, issues officer safety bulletins, prepares briefing papers and reports, and analyzes intelligence. Analysis, or the examination of raw intelligence data that enables the analyst to uncover possible terrorism trends and to provide appropriate investigative management, gives meaning and direction to intelligence information. The process of analysis in the anti-terrorist division is explored and some practical applications of analysis as it relates to cases of terrorism are given.