ATWJE - Kassie Langdon - Leaning into Data

Episode: 00216 Released on June 17, 2024 Description: Kassie Langdon joins us this week to share her journey from records to patrol to crime analysis. Kassie shares how her experience as an officer helps her create actionable and effective products as she knows how officers think and what they're looking for. Her badge story involves a child endangerment investigation she worked on with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit. Kassie gives insight into her reasons for the transitions and gives gratitude to those who helped her along the way; she passes on the kindness by mentoring aspiring analysts. Kassie is currently a crime analyst for the Holly Springs (NC) Police Department. 

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***Episode 2 of Cocktails & Crime Analysis - https://youtu.be/aKNOC_wj4nA ***

Name Drops: Amanda Bruner, Caleb Myers, and Damian Williams (00:01:24), Beverly Lewis (00:33:39), Amanda Bruner & Charlie Giberti (00:47:02), Andrew Wheeler (01:01:09)

Public Service Announcements:
Caleb Meyers (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-caleb-meyers-the-go-to-intel-guy/)
Josie Blong (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-josie-mcneely-the-analyst-you-know/) 

Association(s) Mentioned: CCIA, IACA

Vendor(s) Mentioned: PowerBI

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kassielangdon/ 

Transcript: 

Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong

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00:00:17 – Introducing Kassie
00:07:12 – First Days as Officer
00:14:37 – Becoming an Analyst
00:25:09 – Back as an Investigator
00:31:18 – Break:  Caleb Meyers & Josie Blong
00:32:16 – Back as an Analyst
00:38:04 – ABS:  Child Endangerment
00:45:55 – Mentoring
00:58:49 – CCAA
01:01:31 – Personal Interests:  Soccer
01:08:21 – Words to the World