Episode: 00106
Release Date: May 9, 2022
Description: Amy Varela gives tribute to analysts who had helped her grow in the analytical field as well as discusses the differing workplace cultures between the departments she worked at. Amy brings two badge stories to this week’s episode: one involving a case she worked with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) where a missing child (now grown adult) was found using aging software, and another involving a homicide investigation. Amy is currently a crime analyst with the Redlands Police Department as well as the current president of the Inland Empire Crime & Intelligence Analysts Association (IECIAA).
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Name Drops: Brian Gray (00:07:48), Christine Charlie/Jody Summers (00:09:33), John Beck/Michelle Kelly/Natalie Campbell (00:50:10), Natalie Campos (00:52:22), Matt Good (00:53:48), Albert Mesa (00:59:21), Steve Gottlieb (01:01:34)
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Brian Gray (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-brian-gray-the-remarkable-analyst/)
Albert Mesa (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/albert-mesa-the-connection/)
Related Links: https://www.missingkids.org, https://extension.fullerton.edu/professionaldevelopment/certificates/crime
Association(s) Mentioned: Inland Empire Crime & Intelligence Analysts Association (IECIAA), IACA
Vendor(s) Mentioned: ESRI
Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-varela-44a43868/
Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong
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00:00:17 – Introducing Amy
00:05:53 – Certification & Internship
00:15:28 – Starting at Pomona
00:19:55 – Supporting the Gang Unit
00:23:03 – ABS: 1960s Missing Person
00:32:56 – Break: Brian Gray & Albert Mesa
00:34:02 – Starting at Redlands
00:37:20 – ABS: Homicide Linked to a 1970s Case
00:45:58 – Catalytic Converter Theft & ESRI Solution
00:53:56 – Inland Empire Crime & Intelligence Analysts Association
00:58:05 – Plateauing
01:03:11 – Words to the World
IACA News - May 2024
ATWJE - Damien Williams - Another Initiative?
IALEIA News - May 2024
ATWJE - Brittany Mason - Playing Analyst
CT&CA - Conference Fails and COMPSTAT Turns 30
ATWJE - Shannon Kail - Intercontinental Pizza Party
CT&CA: Launch of Cocktails & Crime Analysis
ATWJE - Christopher Bruno - We Do Talk About Bruno
ATWJE - Cody Gabbard - The Call From Portland
ATWJE - Elisabeth Saffell Buccola - Proving Yourself
Forensic OSINT Web Capture Software with Ritu Gill
ATWJE - Nicholas Butler - Laughing at the Defense
2024 IACA Call for Presentations with Danielle Martell
ATWJE - Cynthia Peterman - Living the Analyst Dream
ATWJE - Amanda Wiggins - The Difference Maker
ATWJE - Anthony Bush - Jail Calls Rock
ATWJE - Emily Blackburn - Two Screen Diva
2024 IACA Mentor Update with Mike Jackson
ATWJE - Kurt Smith - Man Ahead of His Time
ATWJE - Mandy Krueger - Learned Probably By Failure
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