Dr. Shelagh Dorn - The Big Picture Analyst

Episode 00032

Release Date: December 7, 2020

Description: LEAPodcasts is opening the door to more intelligence analysis topics! In this episode, we interview Dr. Shelagh Dorn, the current President of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) to share her thoughts on the relationship between crime and intelligence analysis, and what the future may look like for IALEIA and IACA. Dr. Dorn gives listeners insight on how she first got involved in analysis, how she built a unit from the ground up, as well as how she helped deliver a baby. This episode is jam-packed with tips and tricks on how to get started in the field as well as how to advance and potentially become a supervisor of an analysis unit. Dr. Shelagh Dorn is currently a professor at Michigan State University and Clemson University as well as the President of IALEIA. 

Public Service Announcements:  Steve French, Scott Eicher, Sally Tarabah

Related Links:  https://ialeia.org/news_manager.php?page=19473, https://www.ialeia.org/docs/JIA_24-2_April_2019.pdf , https://it.ojp.gov/GIST/91/Law-Enforcement-Analytic-Standards

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catlindorn/ 

Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong

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Podcast Email: leapodcasts@gmail.com

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YouTube Version:  https://youtu.be/pKeChlUPdKI

    0:00:31 – Introducing Shelagh
    0:07:33 – Creating Analysis Units
    0:21:21 – Badge Story – New York Missing Person Case
    0:25:29 – Badge Story – Florida Missing Person Case
    0:27:44 – Badge Story – Family Risk Assessment
    0:31:20 – Break – Steve French, Scott Eicher, Sally Tarabah
    0:32:41 – IALEIA
    0:36:19 – Difference Between Crime Analysis and Intelligence Analysis
    0:42:29 – Possibility of IACA and IALEIA Joint Conference
    0:49:26 – Possibility of an Internship Director
    0:52:53 – Advice to Analysts
    0:58:23 – Personal Interests:  EMT &Firefighter – Delivering a baby
    1:03:33 – Word to the World